cannot use Caret with Git

[okoetter]

If I have a git command ending with ^ like git rebase abcdef^ the command is not executed but on the next line I get a "Mehr?", that's German for "More?".

[MartiUK]

Try running it with two carets: ^^

http://www.psteiner.com/2008/12/using-caret-in-windows-batch-files.html

or use Powershell!

[okoetter]

ok, thanks. But this worked before I updated my older version some days ago... :-)

[kenny-reyes]

Closed, really? it still not working it's only a bad workaround. You should to include as a bug

[chrisant996]

This is how CMD works. If it was "working" at some point, then it was probably due to some bug in Clink, which must have been mishandling the input line, and that bug probably got fixed.

You can confirm easily:

1. Windows+R to show the Run dialog.
2. Type cmd and press Enter.
3. Type echo one two^ and press Enter.

CMD is designed to prompt More? when the input ends with ^; it's just how CMD works.

[kenny-reyes]

I still think there is some bug. There are some weird behaviors. For example with the whitespace.

Of course, you can type ^ 2 times or even use git checkout HEAD^1 (or HEAD~1). But it doesn't mean there isn't something strange and very possible a bug.

[chrisant996]

Can you clarify specifically which actions in the video you feel illustrate a bug?
Everything looks how I would expect.

Maybe it isn't clear what ^ does.
The ^ is the CMD escape character. It's similar to \ in bash.
Typing git checkout HEAD^ here is the same as git checkout HEAD here.
Typing git checkout HEAD^2 here is the same as git checkout HEAD2 here.
Typing git checkout HEAD^here is the same as git checkout HEADhere.
Typing git checkout HEAD^^ escapes the escape character, so that the command line ends up as git checkout HEAD^.
Typing git checkout HEAD^ ends with an escape character, which is incomplete input -- because it is incomplete input, CMD prompts More? asking for the input to be finished.

Try doing an internet search for "cmd caret character" to find further information about how the caret works in CMD.

[kenny-reyes]

Sorry, I thought I was clear enough.

if you type caret '^' and ' ' whitespace (spacebar) in notepad, cmd, git bash, power shell, VSCode, etc.... you will have '^' (simple caret).
If you do the same in cmder you will have nothing (not simple caret).

It's possible it is happening only on my machine because It's weird nobody more reported previously, (it's very annoying can't type simple caret). I will install cmder in all my computers to testing that and write again later.

[chrisant996]

Oh! Sorry, I didn't understand that the typing itself is what you were reporting -- i.e. before pressing Enter. The issue in the thread here is about what happens after pressing Enter. So the issue you're encountering sounds unrelated to this issue thread.

My psychic powers tell me you using a keyboard layout where typing ^ a produces â. Am I right? If yes, then you are running into clink #79; Issue with United States - International keyboard layout.

In that case, it was fixed in Clink v1.1.36, which Cmder probably has not picked up yet. You should be able to copy the latest Clink release into Cmder's vendor\clink directory to resolve the issue.