Vscode: Keep getting error ENOENT: no such file or directory, lstat 'w:\cygdrive'

[canozmen]

I started getting this error when a node project is open.

Happens on a Windows 7 machine with regular node and cygwin installed.

Is there any way to debug and see what is calling the lstat command on this malformed path?

[bpasero]

Anything in the console?

[canozmen]

You mean in the Debug Console? Nothing there.

I keep getting the error periodically while a node project is open, not when I run the node app. So that makes me thinks this is about the linter / intellisense / etc. background workers.

[bpasero]

I meant the VS Code developer console (from Help menu | toggle developer tools)

[canozmen]

Yes I can see the same error there. Anyway I can see the stack trace with unminified code?

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[canozmen]

Looks like this is caused by a malformed git.path when using cygwin's git.

Disabling git integration causes this error to disappear.

[bpasero]

@joaomoreno fyi

[joaomoreno]

Code doesn't support cygwin git. Either install Git for Windows or disable git integration.

[zinechant]

Same problem. Is there any other solution except switching to git for windows?
The official C/C++ Extension actually supports gdb in Cygwin.

[joaomoreno]

@zinechant What are the reasons for using it?

[zinechant]

@joaomoreno All right, I will switch to git for windows. Just more accustomed to Cygwin.

[joaomoreno]

Give it a try, there's been some really good progress in that project!

[Rigg802]

Creating a symlink fixes the issue to run vscode in a cygwin (babun)
open a cmd prompt and use the following command:
mklink /j "W:\cygdrive" C:\actual\path\to\your\cygdrive

posted solution on stackoverflow : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/36508177/visual-studio-code-cannot-detect-cygwin-git-exe-path/37980938#37980938

[zinechant]

@Rigg802 It works. Thanks a lot.