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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Cygwin job is broken on \"Set up virtualenv\" step","articleBody":"The Cygwin CI test job is failing now, including [when rerun](https://github.com/EliahKagan/GitPython/actions/runs/13041816861/job/37557892745) at the tip of the main branch where it formerly passed. The failure occurs in the \"Set up virtualenv\" step, which runs `python -m venv .venv`. The log does not how a detailed error message, just:\n\n```text\nRun python -m venv .venv\n  python -m venv .venv\n  echo 'BASH_ENV=.venv/bin/activate' \u003e\u003e\"$GITHUB_ENV\"\n  shell: C:\\tools\\cygwin\\bin\\bash.exe --login --norc -eo pipefail -o igncr \"{0}\"\n  env:\n    CHERE_INVOKING: 1\n    CYGWIN_NOWINPATH: 1\n    CYGWIN: \n+ python -m venv .venv\nError: Command '['/cygdrive/d/a/GitPython/GitPython/.venv/bin/python', '-Im', 'ensurepip', '--upgrade', '--default-pip']' returned non-zero exit status 1.\nError: Process completed with exit code 1.\n```\n\nI first noticed this when checking the current status of #1988 (see https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/pull/1988#issuecomment-2672396018), but it is not specific to that PR.\n\nI do not know why this happens.","author":{"url":"https://github.com/EliahKagan","@type":"Person","name":"EliahKagan"},"datePublished":"2025-02-20T18:58:34.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":3},"url":"https://github.com/2004/GitPython/issues/2004"}