Thanks Richard, problem solved - it was a path issue. This may help someone...if you want to use version control from within Lyx, you need to ensure that git is on the path. This can be set from within LyX at Tools - Preferences - Paths - PATH prefix.
On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 11:20 PM, Richard Heck <rgh...@lyx.org> wrote: > On 05/12/2014 08:43 AM, Andrew White wrote: > >> On opening a Lyx file (classicthesis parent document) already under GIT >> version control, I get the following warning: >> "The process failed to start. Either the invoked program is missing, or >> you >> may have insufficient permissions to invoke the program." >> >> Subsequent messages suggest that Lyx has troubles listing the child >> documents. >> >> For example, >> "..\..\..\src\support\Systemcall.cpp (261): Systemcall: 'git ls-files >> "Chapter05.lyx"' did not start!" >> >> Is this something I should be concerned about or is there something I >> can do >> to address the problem? >> >> System: Windows 7, 64 bit >> Lyx version: 2.1.0 >> > > Have you checked if the git repo is readable outside LyX? Are you able to > do anything using git from inside LyX? > > Richard > >
