git add -p in Windows Git Shell, child_info_fork::abort

Question

In Windows Git Shell, I could use git add -A.

But when I try to use git add -p and the error shows as follows:

1 [main] perl 10436 child_info_fork::abort: C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\GitHub\PortableGit_f02737a78695063deace08e96d5042710d3e32db\usr\bin\msys-perl5_22.dll: Loaded to different address: parent(0xC40000) != child(0xFF0000)

How to solve this problem?

Answer 1

PortableGit_xxx means you are using an outdated Git package with GitHub Desktop. And you cannot upgrade it directly.

Try instead the same git add -p in a simple CMD session, with:

• the latest Git for Windows unzipped anywhere you want (as C:\Git 2.12.2.2)
• the PATH correctly set to that Git version

That is:

set GH=C:\path\to\git2.12.2.2
set PATH=C:\windows\system32;C:\windows\System32\Wbem;C:\windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\
set PATH=%GH%\bin;%GH%\usr\bin;%GH%\mingw64\bin;%PATH%