Path with spaces not working in SDK installer
aakriti-jain opened this issue · 4 comments
I tried to install the SDK in path E:\projects\git sdk which produced the following error later:
I believe the spaces has not been escaped in the installer script.
It is an unfortunate problem at the moment. The best way around it is to use a dash between git and sdk, i.e. create a director git-sdk.
It is partly because some GNU tools would appear to be intolerant of spaces in paths.
Yes @PhilipOakley I did the same. But had to re-download and re-install the whole package.
For the solution, I guess the issue can be tackled if the spaces are properly escaped or the path is enclosed in quotes.
The need to re-download and re-install would be a pain.
Maybe the installer should detect the space in path issue and warn early, so that it can be fixed by the user without delay. Another 'up for grabs' issue ;-)
Fixing the GNU tools etc is probably a longer harder road..
I am very sorry that you had to download 550MB twice :-(
It won't help you, but I think I fixed this in the PR git-for-windows/build-extra#220