"Error in startup script" popup after the "git-gui -h" popup

[Deadooshka]

$ git --version --build-options

git version 2.14.1.windows.1
built from commit: 82d9b3f3b2407b52251620597d4b14933685459d
sizeof-long: 4
machine: x86

$ cmd.exe /c ver

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]

$ cat /etc/install-options.txt

portable

• Which terminal/shell are you running Git from? e.g Bash/CMD/PowerShell/other

cmd/bash

• What commands did you run to trigger this issue? If you can provide a
  Minimal, Complete, and Verifiable example
  this will help us understand the issue.

git-gui -h

[PhilipOakley]

The image in the issue report didn't show in the email notifications.

The Image shows the error stack.

The reported error is

 invalid command name "tk_messageBox"
             while executing
"tk_messageBox -icon error -type ok -title "git-gui: fatal err"
-message $err"

from "Git/mingw32/libexec/git-core/git-gui.tcl" line 34.

so that will be where to start (and check my copy typing;-)

Maybe the command name has a miss-spelling.

Then again, maybe the git-giu itself can't cope with the -h option which is think is pre-processed by the git command (there is magic to work out what to do between the --help, -h and git help command views).

It maybe a further layer up the command stack at git-gui line 25 (see the image)

[mfriedrich74]

In my tcl coding experience, this was usually caused by a missing "package require Tk" when running from the console interpreter (tclsh.exe). Best regards, Mike

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On Tue, Aug 29, 2017, 5:49 AM Philip Oakley ***@***.***> wrote: The image in the issue report didn't show in the email notifications. The Image shows the error stack. The reported error is invalid command name "tk_messageBox" while executing "tk_messageBox -icon error -type ok -title "git-gui: fatal err" -message $err" from "Git/mingw32/libexec/git-core/git-gui.tcl" line 34. so that will be where to start (and check my copy typing;-) Maybe the command name has a miss-spelling. Then again, maybe the git-giu itself can't cope with the -h option which is think is pre-processed by the git command (there is magic to work out what to do between the --help, -h and git help command views). It maybe a further layer up the command stack at git-gui line 25 (see the image) — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#1284 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AHJ-yFNRAKcgzd3aaMqJsYKsPUJsmzvbks5sc964gaJpZM4PFdLQ> .

[dscho]

The underlying problem is completely different: you use (quite unnecessarily) the git-gui.exe wrapper (which actually does not perform the operation but hands off to git.exe gui <arguments>....

If you call git gui -h (note the space between git and gui), it works.

[dscho]

And the report failed to include the first window that pops up: