[SOLVED] git difftool --cached stops working after the ninth file

git difftool --cached stops working after the ninth file

I'm using Windows 10 and I've configured git to use Araxis Merge as the external diff tool.

When I do a git difftool --cached everything goes well unless I have more than 9 files staged. Once I close the window for the 9th difference, no more differences are displayed and in my console window I get:

error: cannot spawn ¸°s?: No such file or directory
fatal: external diff died, stopping at Data/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs

The error occurs in multiple repositories, whenever there are more than 9 files staged.

If I do a git diff --cached everything works correctly.

git version 2.20.1.windows.1

Solution

The same issue is with git difftool at Windows 7. The 10th file cannot be compared:

error: cannot spawn i?: No such file or directory
fatal: external diff died, stopping at ...

I've found the issues reported and solved for next Git for Windows release:

Unable to Use difftool on More than 8 Files

difftool cannot find file, random characters in pathname.