A problem with Magit

A problem with Magit

[Marcin Borkowski]

Hi all,

I tried interactive rebase in Magit today, and ran into this (in the
magit-process buffer):

,----
| Waiting for Emacs...
| *ERROR*: Canceled by user
| Could not execute editor
`----

All I did was to swap to commits, so theoretically this should run
smoothly.

The only Magit-relevant setting in my init.el is (setq
magit-revert-buffers nil).

However, there is one (potential) problem: when I start Magit, I see
this:

,----
| Error (magit): Magit requires Git >= 1.9.4, you are using 1.9.1.
`----

I'm not sure whether this is relevant, but I include it here just in
case.  (Of course, I'm going to upgrade my Ubuntu ASAP.)

Where should I look for solution?

Best,

-- 
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Adam Mickiewicz University

Re: A problem with Magit

[Michael Heerdegen]

Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl> writes:

> I tried interactive rebase in Magit today, and ran into this (in the
> magit-process buffer):
>
> ,----
> | Waiting for Emacs...
> | *ERROR*: Canceled by user
> | Could not execute editor
> `----

A shot in the dark: have you installed "with-editor"?  AFAICT magit
needs it, but it's a separate package now.


Regards,

Michael.

Re: A problem with Magit

[John Mastro]

> ,----
> | Error (magit): Magit requires Git >= 1.9.4, you are using 1.9.1.
> `----
> 
> I'm not sure whether this is relevant, but I include it here just in
> case.  (Of course, I'm going to upgrade my Ubuntu ASAP.)

You can also install a new git from here:

https://launchpad.net/~git-core/+archive/ubuntu/ppa

I don't know whether that will fix your issue,
but seems worth a shot. 

-- 
john

Re: A problem with Magit

[Rusi]

On Sunday, July 26, 2015 at 3:30:31 PM UTC+5:30, Marcin Borkowski wrote:
> However, there is one (potential) problem: when I start Magit, I see
> this:
> 
> ,----
> | Error (magit): Magit requires Git >= 1.9.4, you are using 1.9.1.
> `----
> 
> I'm not sure whether this is relevant, but I include it here just in
> case.  (Of course, I'm going to upgrade my Ubuntu ASAP.)

Some evidence that this is an issue:
https://www.masteringemacs.org/article/what-new-in-magit-2x
(near the start itself)

Re: A problem with Magit

[Marcin Borkowski]

On 2015-07-26, at 16:37, John Mastro <john.b.mastro@gmail.com> wrote:

>> ,----
>> | Error (magit): Magit requires Git >= 1.9.4, you are using 1.9.1.
>> `----
>> 
>> I'm not sure whether this is relevant, but I include it here just in
>> case.  (Of course, I'm going to upgrade my Ubuntu ASAP.)
>
> You can also install a new git from here:
>
> https://launchpad.net/~git-core/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
>
> I don't know whether that will fix your issue,
> but seems worth a shot. 

I have so many things installed outside the Ubuntu package manager that
I'm afraid that when I install just one more, my Ubuntu will magically
turn into Gentoo.

;-)

(But thanks anyway.  A newer version of Ubuntu has Git 2.1.0, btw.)

-- 
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Adam Mickiewicz University

Re: A problem with Magit

[Marcin Borkowski]

On 2015-07-26, at 16:13, Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de> wrote:

> Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl> writes:
>
>> I tried interactive rebase in Magit today, and ran into this (in the
>> magit-process buffer):
>>
>> ,----
>> | Waiting for Emacs...
>> | *ERROR*: Canceled by user
>> | Could not execute editor
>> `----
>
> A shot in the dark: have you installed "with-editor"?  AFAICT magit
> needs it, but it's a separate package now.

Yes I have, but thanks anyway.

> Regards,
>
> Michael.

Best,

-- 
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Adam Mickiewicz University

Re: A problem with Magit

[Marcin Borkowski]

On 2015-07-26, at 17:39, Rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sunday, July 26, 2015 at 3:30:31 PM UTC+5:30, Marcin Borkowski wrote:
>> However, there is one (potential) problem: when I start Magit, I see
>> this:
>> 
>> ,----
>> | Error (magit): Magit requires Git >= 1.9.4, you are using 1.9.1.
>> `----
>> 
>> I'm not sure whether this is relevant, but I include it here just in
>> case.  (Of course, I'm going to upgrade my Ubuntu ASAP.)
>
> Some evidence that this is an issue:
> https://www.masteringemacs.org/article/what-new-in-magit-2x
> (near the start itself)

You mean uninstalling everything and installing Emacs back again?  It
didn't help.  OTOH, I found the reason, which was simple and stupid.

Best,

-- 
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Adam Mickiewicz University

Re: A problem with Magit

[Marcin Borkowski]

Hi there,

I found the culprit: it was a good ol'editing conflict.  The two commits
I wanted to swap involved edits too close to each other.

Best,
mb


On 2015-07-26, at 12:00, Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I tried interactive rebase in Magit today, and ran into this (in the
> magit-process buffer):
>
> ,----
> | Waiting for Emacs...
> | *ERROR*: Canceled by user
> | Could not execute editor
> `----
>
> All I did was to swap to commits, so theoretically this should run
> smoothly.
>
> The only Magit-relevant setting in my init.el is (setq
> magit-revert-buffers nil).
>
> However, there is one (potential) problem: when I start Magit, I see
> this:
>
> ,----
> | Error (magit): Magit requires Git >= 1.9.4, you are using 1.9.1.
> `----
>
> I'm not sure whether this is relevant, but I include it here just in
> case.  (Of course, I'm going to upgrade my Ubuntu ASAP.)
>
> Where should I look for solution?
>
> Best,


-- 
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Adam Mickiewicz University