GitPortable (installer) is Not a Valid Win32 Application

[Radon8472]

• 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

• PortableGit-2.28.0-32-bit.7z.exe

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

$ cmd.exe /c ver

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]

• 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

NONE

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

Details

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

NONE

• 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.

  Method 1

  • Download https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/download/v2.28.0.windows.1/PortableGit-2.28.0-32-bit.7z.exe e.g. with Firefox
  • DoubleClick on PortableGit-2.28.0-32-bit.7z.exe when download is completed

  Method 2

  wget https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/download/v2.28.0.windows.1/PortableGit-2.28.0-32-bit.7z.exe
  PortableGit-2.28.0-32-bit.7z.exe
  

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

I expected that Instalation of GitPortanle should start

• What actually happened instead?

A Windows Alert Dialog opened with the message: D:\Download\PortableGit-2.28.0-32-bit.7z.exe ist keine zulässige Win32-Anwendung (in english this means PortableGit-2.28.0-32-bit.7z.exe is Not a Valid Win32 Application

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

What I already did:

• I tried to download the installer multiple times to ensure it is no download Problem
• Completed a Virus Scan on the downloaded file (no curruption)
• I Checked the sha-checksum: it is 11b854e9246057a22014dbf349adfc160ffa740dba7af0dbd42d642661b2cc7f
  that matches the sha-checksum in the Readme-area for this download here in this Repo

Suggestion to fix this

• Offer a zip archiv as download option for git portable too

[rimrul]

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]

No. Absolutely no.

As of Git for Windows v2.10.1, Windows Vista or later are required.

Just to remind you, we're nearing the fourth aniversary of that release. Git for Windows 2.10.1 was released on October 4th 2016.

Newer windows versions don't seem to complain about this file being invalid.

ist keine zulässige Win32-Anwendung (in english this means ... is Not a Valid Win32 Application

Slight misstranslation here (not sure if it's yours or microsofts) "zulässig" tends to mean "permitted" rather than "valid"

If you still want to unpack it on XP (and then move the resulting Portable Git to some other machine, because it won't run on XP), you might be able to do so using 7-zip.

[mfriedrich74]

His translation "Not a Valid Win32 Application" is correct.

…

On Thu, Aug 6, 2020, 10:59 PM Matthias Aßhauer ***@***.***> wrote: Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] No. Absolutely no. As of Git for Windows v2.10.1, Windows Vista or later are required. Just to remind you, we're nearing the fourth aniversary of that release. Git for Windows 2.10.1 was released on October 4th 2016. Newer windows versions don't seem to complain about this file being invalid. ist keine zulässige Win32-Anwendung (in english this means ... is Not a Valid Win32 Application Slight misstranslation here (not sure if it's yours or microsofts) "zulässig" tends to mean "permitted" rather than "valid" If you still want to unpack it on XP (and then move the resulting Portable Git to some other machine, because it won't run on XP), you might be able to do so using 7-zip. — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#2780 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABZH5SBEEEPQCI6RDISAFS3R7NUZLANCNFSM4PXA6QSQ> .

[Radon8472]

ist keine zulässige Win32-Anwendung (in english this means ... is Not a Valid Win32 Application

Slight misstranslation here (not sure if it's yours or microsofts) "zulässig" tends to mean "permitted" rather than "valid"

I am using a german windows, so I am not 100% sure what the exact translation of this error would be in an english windows.
But

1. I found this error-message string via google, so I thing that is the microsoft translation for this error
2. in this context "valid" is a well matching synonym for "zulässig"

But I agree the best translation for valid would be 'gültig' in my language.

[rimrul]

Either way, let's not get stuck on the translation.

I've verified that XP Professional SP3 does indeed throw said error message, but Windows 7 32 bit does not. I don't have a convenient Windows 10 32bit at my disposal atm, but will check with Vista.

[rimrul]

Windows 10 and Windows Vista don't complain either.

[mfriedrich74]

The PE header could be incompatible. E.g. the subsystem version. If it is 6.0 it does not run on XP anymore. See msdn, wiki or maybe https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16455855/exe-is-not-a-valid-win32-application-on-windows-xp/16460035#16460035

…

On Fri, Aug 7, 2020, 10:39 AM Matthias Aßhauer ***@***.***> wrote: Windows 10 and Windows Vista don't complain either. — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#2780 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABZH5SGGTVFJLDNP6SDEIMDR7QG3PANCNFSM4PXA6QSQ> .

[dscho]

Windows XP is not supported by Git for Windows. See https://gitforwindows.org/requirements.html

[dscho]

Offer a zip archiv as download option for git portable too

The idea of the Portable Git being a self-extracting 7-Zip archive is that you can unpack it with 7-Zip, without using the self-extracting part.

You will still not have much joy with Git for Windows on XP, though, as there are so many instances of Git Bash and git.exe using Win32 API functions that are simply not supported by Windows XP.