Cloning enterprise github repo with cygwin git tries to use username/password auth, have to use Windows git

For quite a while, we've been using bitbucket for our intranet code repositories. I typically use ssh auth for this. I have my key registered in our servers. I have been able to use the Cygwin git for this, and it all works fine. I'm now trying to connect to our new enterprise Github reposito

How to wrap emacs startup with application that dynamically sets particular environment variables?

I'm looking at a situation where I'm going to need to write a small application that takes a command line to run, but first gets some data from an external source and sets environment variables from the response, so those variables are set in the subshell it starts. It would be straightforward

apparent solution to multi-shell problem

This is a repost with additional information. I've managed to find a fix, but I'd like to understand what happened, and perhaps clean up some ancient code. For the last few days, I've been struggling with a problem with Cygwin Emacs after reinstalling Cygwin, which I haven't had to do for a whil

RE: How to repair the symlinks in a copied cygwin64 tree

Thanks. I gave up on the backed-up tree a while ago and reinstalled Cygwin, but I'll keep this information in mind if I ever run into this again. From: Cygwin On Behalf Of Andrey Repin via Cygwin Sent: Friday, August 9, 2024 3:07 AM To: David Karr ; cygwin@cygwin.com Cc: Andrey Repin Subject:

RE: Problems with X11 after reinstalling Windows

I’ve managed to resolve this particular problem, I was missing some packages. From: Cygwin On Behalf Of Fergus Daly via Cygwin Sent: Thursday, August 8, 2024 10:07 PM To: 'cygwin@cygwin.com' Cc: Fergus Daly Subject: Re: Problems with X11 after reinstalling Windows It sounds to me that you are

After reinstalling Cygwin Emacs can only create a single shell buffer

I've been using Cygwin and Cygwin Emacs for a long time on Windows 11. I have to reinstall it every couple of years. I just reinstalled Cygwin yesterday, and after having to remember a bunch of things, I finally got my Emacs window again. However, the main thing I use it for is giving me a ne

RE: Problems with X11 after reinstalling Windows

I tried rebooting, but it didn't change anything. "emacs-X11" still says that the display is not available, and "startxwin" doesn't exist. -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Un