Ctrl+C not working with gradle in Git Bash 2.20.1

Question

Back in Windows 7, Ctrl+C worked fine for killing tasks such as gradle. On Windows 10, it does not. I upgraded to Git Bash 2.20.1, where it claims it is fixed (can't find a web link, the release notes are part of the instal package and viewed locally).

Ctrl+C is now handled in Git Bash in a sophisticated way: it emulates the way Ctrl+C is handled in Git CMD, but in a fine-grained way.

Ctrl+C still doesn't work for me. I launch git bash by right clicking a folder in Explorer, and choosing "Git Bash Here"

Ctrl+C seems to work when i'm on the bash terminal idle (without a task running), but gradle for example is unresponsive to Ctrl+C.

Hann

Check that Explorer is calling the newer version and is not still linked to the previous one. – Psychiatry

It's calling C:\Program Files\Git\git-bash.exe, dated 12/15/2018. I only have one version installed. When I ran the installer, it looked like it just upgraded the git-bash I previously had installed. – Hann

Could it be possible that gradle is ignoring Ctrl+C? I don't know the details for Windows, but I know on Linux, a program can provide its own SIGINT handler, and can choose not to terminate if they receive a SIGINT. For example, if you start a python interactive session, a Ctrl+C will not kill the process (at least on Linux). – Mg

Answer 1

Try using just the exit command.

Hugues

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When gradle is running and not responding to Ctrl-C, there is no prompt available in which to type the exit command. – Vitia