@@ -457,23 +457,24 @@ def _is_cygwin_git(git_executable: str) -> bool:
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if is_cygwin is None :
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is_cygwin = False
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try :
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- git_dir = osp .dirname (git_executable )
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+ git_cmd = pathlib .Path (git_executable )
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+ git_dir = git_cmd .parent
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+
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if not git_dir :
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res = py_where (git_executable )
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- git_dir = osp . dirname (res [0 ])if res else ""
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+ git_dir = pathlib . Path (res [0 ]). parent if res else ""
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- #Just a name given, not a real path.
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- uname_cmd = osp . join (git_dir ,"uname " )
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+ #If it's a cygwin git, it'll have cygwin in the output of `strings git`
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+ strings_cmd = pathlib . Path (git_dir ,"strings " )
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- if not (pathlib .Path (uname_cmd ).is_file ()and os .access (uname_cmd ,os .X_OK )):
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- _logger .debug (f"Failed checking if running in CYGWIN:{ uname_cmd } is not an executable" )
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- _is_cygwin_cache [git_executable ]= is_cygwin
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+ if not (pathlib .Path (strings_cmd ).is_file ()and os .access (strings_cmd ,os .X_OK )):
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+ _logger .debug (f"Failed checking if running in CYGWIN:{ strings_cmd } is not an executable" )
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+ _is_cygwin_cache [git_executable ]= False
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return is_cygwin
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- process = subprocess .Popen ([uname_cmd ],stdout = subprocess .PIPE ,universal_newlines = True )
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- uname_out ,_ = process .communicate ()
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- # retcode = process.poll()
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- is_cygwin = "CYGWIN" in uname_out
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+ process = subprocess .Popen ([strings_cmd ,git_cmd ],stdout = subprocess .PIPE ,text = True )
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+ strings_output ,_ = process .communicate ()
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+ is_cygwin = any (x for x in strings_output if "cygwin" in x .lower ())
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except Exception as ex :
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_logger .debug ("Failed checking if running in CYGWIN due to: %r" ,ex )
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_is_cygwin_cache [git_executable ]= is_cygwin