Git submodule update fails with error 66 in docker/windows

[derekwbrown]

• I was not able to find an open or closed issue matching what I'm seeing

This is the exact issue referenced #1303
I have attempted the solution(s) suggested in the above issue, to no avail

Setup

Git for Windows x64; tried several versions (as referenced in the issue above)

$ git --version --build-options

git --version --build-options
git version 2.14.1.windows.1
built from commit: 82d9b3f3b2407b52251620597d4b14933685459d
sizeof-long: 4
machine: x86_64

Have also tried the referenced busybox version, and 2.17.1

Host is Windows 10 pro 10.0.16299.371
Container is microsoft/windowsservercore
reports 10.0.14393

$ cmd.exe /c ver

** insert your machine's response here **

 - What options did you set as part of the installation? Or did you choose the
   defaults?

One of the following:

type "C:\Program Files\Git\etc\install-options.txt"
type "C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\etc\install-options.txt"
type "%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Programs\Git\etc\install-options.txt"
$ cat /etc/install-options.txt

**type install-options.txt
Path Option: Cmd
SSH Option: OpenSSH
CURL Option: OpenSSL
CRLF Option: CRLFAlways
Bash Terminal Option: MinTTY
Performance Tweaks FSCache: Enabled
Use Credential Manager: Enabled
Enable Symlinks: Disabled

Details

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

cmd (within docker container)

git submodule update --init --recursive

• What did you expect to occur after running these commands?

success

• What actually happened instead?

failure, error code 66

[dscho]

This seems related (including the follow-up comments suggesting that current snapshot builds may have fixed this bug): #1007 (comment)

[rbodziony]

hi
ive got same problem
but changed to https://wingit.blob.core.windows.net/files/MinGit-prerelease-2.17.0.windows.1.53.g4a158e75a4-BusyBox-64-bit.zip
and works

[dscho]

@derekwbrown would you please give your feedback as to the suggestion that this is addressed by switching to BusyBox-based MinGit? This is supposed to be a conversation here, not a golden record on Voyager sent to the aliens.

[rbodziony]

checked and this version (from above) works in winsdowsservercore containers but not in nano

[derekwbrown]

@dscho version above (2.17.0.1.53 busybox) appears to work. Sorry for the slow response; I have other things occupying my time besides this.

[dscho]

Sorry for the slow response;

@derekwbrown that's fine; I'll just adjust my response rate.

[dscho]

As much as I would love to assist any interested developer in fixing this, that would first need such an interested developer: I cannot justify working on this issue myself, the target audience is much too small.

[dscho]

Closing this as stale.