Fork hangs (and then dies) if discarding a new file with restricted permissions.

[ronnieshipman]

Hi.

If I attempt to 'Discard changes' on a new file with restricted permissions, the 'Discard changes' pop-up does not disappear and the spinning wheel stops spinning. Eventually Fork closes itself.

Fork version 1.94.1.0.

Here is a 'Discard changes' pop-up example:

Here is an example of a file with these extra restricted permissions:

Here is an example of a file with normal permissions:

To create a file with the restricted permissions and to see the problem.

• Go to C:\Program Files
• Right click | New | TXT File
• Allow the action to go ahead if asked by Windows.
• Right click on new file and select: Properties | Security tab
• The extra restricted permissions should be present.
• Move that file into a git repo that Fork knows about.
• Open Fork and select that repo tab (or equivalent).
• Select Local Changes
• Right click the file you have just moved in.
• Select: Discard changes...
• Click Discard.
• The pop-up should now hang and the spinning wheel should stop turning.
• In a few seconds (40 in my case) Fork should close itself.

Note that asking Task Manager etc to kill this process does not seem to make a difference to the time it takes for Fork to close itself.

I accept that this may be an obscure case, because why would you be creating files in the Program Files folder and moving them to a repo? This was a one off case and is not what I normally do. However, having seen the problem I felt I ought to report it.

What I would expect from Fork in this case is either

1. Something from Windows popping up to confirm I want this deleted (as Windows does when you do something in the Program Files folder).
2. A pop-up saying that Fork cannot perform this function, with a good description why.

I hope this helps.

Kind regards, Ronnie

[DanPristupov]

Thank you for reporting this.

[DanPristupov]

The problem is fixed in 1.95