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`e init` fails on Windows when there are spaces in a directory name

See original GitHub issue

The full text of the error is here: https://gist.github.com/strega-nil/32b1eee85f5c24e8f648e41ce7552ecb

The important part looks like it’s here:

gclient_utils(833) enqueue:enqueued(src/electron)
gclient(565) requirements:Dependency(src/electron).requirements = ()
gclient(565) requirements:Dependency(src/electron).requirements = ()
gclient_utils(1011) __init__:_Worker(src/electron) reqs:()
gclient_utils(1020) run:_Worker.run(src/electron)
gclient(916) run:Dependency(src/electron).run()
subprocess2(154) __init__:git --version;  cwd=.
gclient_utils(1036) run:Caught exception in thread src/electron
gclient_utils(1037) run:(<class 'FileNotFoundError'>, FileNotFoundError(2, 'The system cannot find the file specified', None, 2, None), <traceback object at 0x000001D5F174A700>)
gclient_utils(1040) run:_Worker.run(src/electron) done

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Created 3 years ago
Comments:9 (5 by maintainers)

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strega-nilcommented, Apr 1, 2020

@codebytere it didn’t, see #134; it just got further.

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codebyterecommented, Apr 28, 2021

Closing due to above

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