cgwin and win7 path messed up if using cygwin GIT

[rjiang9]

I have this issue when I install timtex through vbundle on my Win7 64bit + vim8 by using +cygwin GIT.

My cygwin home path: /cygdrive/c/Users/littledanniel/

When I install in Vim - PluginInstall, I got

[2018-02-13 15:04:09] Plugin lervag/vimtex
[2018-02-13 15:04:09] $ git clone --recursive "https://github.com/lervag/vimtex.git" "C:\Users\littledanniel\vimfiles\bundle\vimtex"
[2018-02-13 15:04:09] > Cloning into 'C:\Users\littledanniel\vimfiles\bundle\vimtex'...
[2018-02-13 15:04:09] > fatal: Invalid path '/cygdrive/c/Users/littledanniel/C:\Users\littledanniel\vimfiles\bundle\vimtex': No such file or directory
[2018-02-13 15:04:09] > 

What caused the path messed up?

Thanks, Little

[j-jith]

This is an issue with vundle and not vimtex. I myself do not use vundle, but I don't think cygwin is officially supported by the vundle dev. I did come across a similar issue at VundleVim/Vundle.vim#472. One of the suggested solutions was to call vundle#begin in your vimrc with a specific path like call vundle#begin('~/vimfiles/bundle'). You could try this approach and see if it helps.

You may also find the discussion at junegunn/vim-plug#713 enlightening. Even though it's for a different plugin manager, the issue is similar. Cygwin git seems to be unable to handle windows style paths.

[rjiang9]

Thank you very much, J-jith for pointing out the cause of the problem. I tried out to change the 2 instances to call vundle#begin('~/vimfiles/bundle', it still does not work. c:/Users/littledanniel/vimfiles/bundle not work either.

So the working around is: uninstall cygwin GIT and install GIT for Windows.

Thank you for forwarding this issue to vbundle.

[lervag]

Thanks for pitching in, @j-jith! Sorry, @rjiang9, for not replying sooner. As this seems sorted out, I'll take the liberty of closing the issue.

[rjiang9]

Thank you, Karl!

[lervag]

No problem :)