Output from git commands not visible in GitBash

[grahamshanks]

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

Setup

• Which version of Git for Windows are you using? Is it 32-bit or 64-bit?

$ git --version --build-options

git version 2.20.1.windows.1
cpu: x86_64
built from commit: 7c9fbc07db0e2939b36095df45864b8cda19b64f
sizeof-long: 4
sizeof-size_t: 8

• Which version of Windows are you running? Vista, 7, 8, 10? Is it 32-bit or 64-bit?

$ cmd.exe /c ver

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]

64-bit Windows 7

• 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

Editor Option: CustomEditor
Custom Editor Path: C:\Notepad++Portable\Notepad++Portable.exe
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

• Any other interesting things about your environment that might be related
  to the issue you're seeing?

Don't think so

Details

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

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 --version

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

The git version number to be displayed in the Bash terminal

• What actually happened instead?

No output displayed.

This seems to be the case for all git commands. Ordinary shell commands (such as ls, and less) output as expected

If I pipe the output to a file then the file contains the expected output, e.g.

$ git --version >> version.txt 
$ cat version.txt
git version 2.20.1.windows.1

If I force an error, for instance by changing to a directory that does not contain a git repository then the error message is displayed, e.g.

$ git status
fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git

A colleague installed 2.20.0 on another machine and was getting a similar issue.

Running git commands from a normal command window gives the output expected

• If the problem was occurring with a specific repository, can you provide the
  URL to that repository to help us with testing?

Does not appear to be repository specific

[dscho]

Is this still happening with v2.21.0-rc2?

[grahamshanks]

Still happening with v2.21.0

Note that preceding commands with winpty will cause the output to be displayed. As a workaround this is OK but it appears that the main purpose of having a GitBash shell, namely to run git on the command line, ought not to require winpty

[dscho]

Are you sure that you're running this in Git's Bash, not e.g. Cygwin's Bash?

[grahamshanks]

Don't have Cygwin installed. Opened GitBash from the Windows Start menu (opening with a right click from Windows Explorer is the same). Prompt contains MINGW64

[dscho]

Can you provide the (redacted, if necessary to hide secrets) output of GIT_TRACE=1 git version, which git, and env?

[grahamshanks]

$ GIT_TRACE=1 git version
09:31:36.868999 exec-cmd.c:236          trace: resolved executable dir: C:/Program Files/Git/mingw64/bin
09:31:36.870000 git.c:419               trace: built-in: git version

$ which git
/mingw64/bin/git

$ env
	USERDOMAIN=XXXXXXXXX
	OS=Windows_NT
	COMMONPROGRAMFILES=C:\Program Files\Common Files
	PROCESSOR_LEVEL=6
	simlink_sisoj=-port 3000
	PSModulePath=C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\
	CommonProgramW6432=C:\Program Files\Common Files
	EXISTING_CLASSPATH=.;d:\applications\CodeCounterv8.0
	CommonProgramFiles(x86)=C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files
	JAVA_INCLUDE=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_131\include
	FP_NO_HOST_CHECK=NO
	LANG=en_US.UTF-8
	MSYSTEM_CARCH=x86_64
	DISPLAY=needs-to-be-defined
	HOSTNAME=C559129
	PUBLIC=C:\Users\Public
	CONFIG_SITE=/mingw64/etc/config.site
	EXEPATH=C:\Program Files\Git
	MSYSTEM_CHOST=x86_64-w64-mingw32
	UATDATA=C:\WINDOWS\CCM\UATData\XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX
	USERNAME=graham.shanks
	ChocolateyInstall=C:\ProgramData\chocolatey
	LOGONSERVER=\\ZZZZZZZZZZ
	PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=AMD64
	VSEDEFLOGDIR=C:\ProgramData\McAfee\DesktopProtection
	JAVA_BIN=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_131\bin
	LOCALAPPDATA=C:\Users\graham.shanks\AppData\Local
	CLASSPATH=.;d:\applications\CodeCounterv8.0;E:\Program Files\prti1516e\lib\prti1516e.jar;E:\Program Files\prti1516e\lib\prti.jar
	COMPUTERNAME=C559129
	DEFLOGDIR=C:\ProgramData\McAfee\DesktopProtection
	SYSTEMDRIVE=C:
	USERPROFILE=C:\Users\graham.shanks
	PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC
	SYSTEMROOT=C:\WINDOWS
	HOMESHARE=\\XXXXX\YYYY_Graham.Shanks$
	USERDOMAIN_ROAMINGPROFILE=XXXXXXXXX
	PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=Intel64 Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3, GenuineIntel
	MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX=mingw-w64-x86_64
	PWD=/h/
	SSH_ASKPASS=/mingw64/libexec/git-core/git-gui--askpass
	HOME=/h/
	TMP=/tmp
	windows_tracing_logfile=C:\BVTBin\Tests\installpackage\csilogfile.log
	MSYSTEM_PREFIX=/mingw64
	VS100COMNTOOLS=e:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\Tools\
	VS120COMNTOOLS=E:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\Tools\
	PROCESSOR_REVISION=3c03
	TMPDIR=/tmp
	DeviceOS=Windows7
	VCINSTALLDIR=E:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC
	USERDNSDOMAIN=XXXXXXXXX.NET
	NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=8
	ProgramW6432=C:\Program Files
	windows_tracing_flags=3
	GIT_LFS_PATH=C:\Program Files\Git LFS
	COMSPEC=C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
	APPDATA=C:\Users\graham.shanks\AppData\Roaming
	SHELL=/usr/bin/bash
	TERM=xterm
	SHFBROOT=E:\Program Files (x86)\EWSoftware\Sandcastle Help File Builder\
	WINDIR=C:\WINDOWS
	MINGW_CHOST=x86_64-w64-mingw32
	ProgramData=C:\ProgramData
	SHLVL=1
	PLINK_PROTOCOL=ssh
	ACLOCAL_PATH=/mingw64/share/aclocal:/usr/share/aclocal
	PROGRAMFILES=C:\Program Files
	MANPATH=/mingw64/local/man:/mingw64/share/man:/usr/local/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/man:/share/man
	ORIGINAL_TEMP=/tmp
	ORIGINAL_TMP=/tmp
	ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\ProgramData
	TEMP=/tmp
	MSYSTEM=MINGW64
	MINGW_PREFIX=/mingw64
	SESSIONNAME=Console
	PATH=/h//bin:/mingw64/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/mingw64/bin:/usr/bin:/h/bin:/cmd:/e/Program Files/prti1516e/lib/vc100_64:/e/Program Files/prti1516e/lib/vc100_64/oldtime:/e/Program Files/prti1516e/lib:/e/Program Files/prti1516e/jre/bin/server:/c/ProgramData/Oracle/Java/javapath:/c/Program Files (x86)/NVIDIA Corporation/PhysX/Common:/c/Program Files (x86)/Intel/iCLS Client:/c/Program Files/Intel/iCLS Client:/c/WINDOWS/system32:/c/WINDOWS:/c/WINDOWS/System32/Wbem:/c/WINDOWS/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0:/c/Program Files/Intel/Intel(R) Management Engine Components/DAL:/c/Program Files/Intel/Intel(R) Management Engine Components/IPT:/c/Program Files (x86)/Intel/Intel(R) Management Engine Components/DAL:/c/Program Files (x86)/Intel/Intel(R) Management Engine Components/IPT:/c/Program Files (x86)/Intel/OpenCL SDK/3.0/bin/x86:/c/Program Files (x86)/Intel/OpenCL SDK/3.0/bin/x64:/c/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Application Virtualization Client:/c/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Office/Office14:/c/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft SQL Server/100/Tools/Binn:/c/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/100/Tools/Binn:/c/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/100/DTS/Binn:/c/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft SQL Server/90/Tools/binn:/d/Program Files/doxygen/bin:/c/Program Files/TortoiseSVN/bin:/c/Program Files/Company X/DCF/bin:/c/ProgramData/chocolatey/bin:/e/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0/VC/bin:/c/Program Files (x86)/WebEx/PTools020000000:/d/SEtools/HEI/lib:/c/Program Files/1E/NomadBranch:/e/Program Files/nodejs:/e/Program Files/TortoiseHg:/c/Program Files (x86)/Windows Kits/8.1/Windows Performance Toolkit:/c/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/110/Tools/Binn:/c/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft SDKs/TypeScript/1.0:/c/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/120/Tools/Binn:/c/Program Files/TortoiseGit/bin:/c/Program Files/Git LFS:/e/Program Files/OpenCppCoverage:/e/Program Files/Saxonica/SaxonHE9.6N/bin:/c/Program Files (x86)/CMake/bin:/d/applications/CodeCounterv8.02:/c/Users/graham.shanks/AppData/Roaming/npm:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl
	PS1=\[\033]0;$TITLEPREFIX:$PWD\007\]\n\[\033[32m\]\u@\h \[\033[35m\]$MSYSTEM \[\033[33m\]\w\[\033[0m\]\n$ 
	WIX=C:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.11\
	HOMEDRIVE=H:
	PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/mingw64/lib/pkgconfig:/mingw64/share/pkgconfig
	INFOPATH=/usr/local/info:/usr/share/info:/usr/info:/share/info
	HOMEPATH=\
	PROGBF5A6F14052=1
	ORIGINAL_PATH=/mingw64/bin:/usr/bin:/h/bin:/cmd:/e/Program Files/prti1516e/lib/vc100_64:/e/Program Files/prti1516e/lib/vc100_64/oldtime:/e/Program Files/prti1516e/lib:/e/Program Files/prti1516e/jre/bin/server:/c/ProgramData/Oracle/Java/javapath:/c/Program Files (x86)/NVIDIA Corporation/PhysX/Common:/c/Program Files (x86)/Intel/iCLS Client:/c/Program Files/Intel/iCLS Client:/c/WINDOWS/system32:/c/WINDOWS:/c/WINDOWS/System32/Wbem:/c/WINDOWS/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0:/c/Program Files/Intel/Intel(R) Management Engine Components/DAL:/c/Program Files/Intel/Intel(R) Management Engine Components/IPT:/c/Program Files (x86)/Intel/Intel(R) Management Engine Components/DAL:/c/Program Files (x86)/Intel/Intel(R) Management Engine Components/IPT:/c/Program Files (x86)/Intel/OpenCL SDK/3.0/bin/x86:/c/Program Files (x86)/Intel/OpenCL SDK/3.0/bin/x64:/c/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Application Virtualization Client:/c/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Office/Office14:/c/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft SQL Server/100/Tools/Binn:/c/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/100/Tools/Binn:/c/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/100/DTS/Binn:/c/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft SQL Server/90/Tools/binn:/d/Program Files/doxygen/bin:/c/Program Files/TortoiseSVN/bin:/c/Program Files/Company X/DCF/bin:/c/ProgramData/chocolatey/bin:/e/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0/VC/bin:/c/Program Files (x86)/WebEx/PTools020000000:/d/SEtools/HEI/lib:/c/Program Files/1E/NomadBranch:/e/Program Files/nodejs:/e/Program Files/TortoiseHg:/c/Program Files (x86)/Windows Kits/8.1/Windows Performance Toolkit:/c/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/110/Tools/Binn:/c/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft SDKs/TypeScript/1.0:/c/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/120/Tools/Binn:/c/Program Files/TortoiseGit/bin:/c/Program Files/Git LFS:/e/Program Files/OpenCppCoverage:/e/Program Files/Saxonica/SaxonHE9.6N/bin:/c/Program Files (x86)/CMake/bin:/d/applications/CodeCounterv8.02:/c/Users/graham.shanks/AppData/Roaming/npm
	VS140COMNTOOLS=E:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\Tools\
	VS110COMNTOOLS=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\Tools\
	_=/usr/bin/env

[dscho]

Another hunch: does git.exe version work?

[grahamshanks]

Still no displayed text

[dscho]

Does git -P help -a show any output? Or TERM=dumb git var GIT_EDITOR?

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[PhilipOakley]

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[dscho]

Oh @sentiment-bot, I like you so much!