termui not displaying anything (on mingw)

[hgtok]

tested git-bug.exe 0.5.0 (both 386, amd64) on win10 (x64) and win7 (x64)

Installation steps:

1. extract PortableGit 2.23.0 to C:\PortableGit\
2. copy git-bug.exe to C:\PortableGit\usr\local\bin\
3. run PortableGit git-bash.exe (MinGW)
4. cd to git project
5. git bug user create
6. git bug termui << nothing is shown

Any flags to enable verbosity/debug to see what's wrong?

(Update 4 Oct)

• Found a workaround for this issue:
  winpty git bug termui
  However the interactive UI get sluggish after exiting the subprocess editor (e.g. create new bug, add comment)

[a-hilaly]

FWIK there are no flags to enable verbosity for git bug termui. Is there any specific exit status or visual bug we can investigate ?

This might be related to PortableGit if this is what you are using. Did you try using any other environnement ?

[MichaelMure]

What terminal are you using ?

Does other commands like git bug add of git bug ls work ?

[hgtok]

just hangs there..

[hgtok]

no issue with git bug add or git bug ls..

[MichaelMure]

Could you try another project using gocui to see if it's git-bug or not ? https://github.com/awesome-gocui/gocui#projects-using-gocui

[hgtok]

@a-hilaly i tried on official Git-2.23.0-64-bit.exe installation.. same issue..

@MichaelMure i'm not sure how to use gocui to test this issue.. none of them appears to offer a bash terminal..

Or do you mean to git clone any one of the projects, and try git bug termui on them using official Git client?

[MichaelMure]

I mean install one project that use the gocui library (say, https://github.com/gulyasm/jsonui/releases) and test if it works properly. If not, it's likely that gocui is broken, not git-bug.

[hgtok]

I think we narrowed it, same issue also appears for jsonui

MinGW: cat test.json | ./jsonui_windows_amd64.exe
Result: not working

DOS: type test.json | jsonui_windows_amd64.exe
Result: working!

This lead me to test git-bug on msdos:
MSDOS: git-bug_windows_amd64.exe termui
Result: working!

(But it errors out when I try to create "new bug" on MSDOS, looking for sh. lol )

Have updated bug title to reflect MinGW, as that is my use case

[MichaelMure]

So it's a gocui compatibility problem. Not much we can do here.

You might want to open an issue at https://github.com/jroimartin/gocui (the original project) and https://github.com/awesome-gocui/gocui (a more maintained fork).

[hgtok]

Found a workaround for this issue:
winpty git bug termui

However the interactive UI gets sluggish after exiting the subprocess editor (e.g. create new bug, add comment)

[MichaelMure]

Closing as it's now a 3 year old ticket. Feel free to reopen if it's still a problem.