Windows CLI not working as expected

[alvissraghnall]

Steps to Reproduce Issue

download the sui binary for windows.
run sui move build

Expected Result

to run? or at least provide feedback of run details.

Actual Result

freezes. basically runs forever.

System Information

• OS: Windows 10
• Compiler: sui 1.44.3-615516edb0ed

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[stefan-mysten]

@alvissraghnall Windows is a bit buggy.

You might need to run a PowerShell with admin enabled. You also need to set git config --system core.longpaths true.

Ultimately, if these don't work, try using WSL2, that should be more straightforward.

[stefan-mysten]

Also, try to update Git to the latest version.

[Banksy-w]

I encountered the same problem, it's because there's nothing in the [dependencies] in the move.toml file after running sui move new <name>, add this Sui = { git = "https://github.com/MystenLabs/sui.git", subdir = "crates/sui-framework/packages/sui-framework", rev = "framework/testnet", override = true } to the [dependencies] and then run sui move build again . it works for me.

[alvissraghnall]

I encountered the same problem, it's because there's nothing in the [dependencies] in the move.toml file after running sui move new <name>, add this Sui = { git = "https://github.com/MystenLabs/sui.git", subdir = "crates/sui-framework/packages/sui-framework", rev = "framework/testnet", override = true } to the [dependencies] and then run sui move build again . it works for me.

Running sui move new already includes that line in move.toml …

[alvissraghnall]

@alvissraghnall Windows is a bit buggy.

You might need to run a PowerShell with admin enabled. You also need to set git config --system core.longpaths true.

Ultimately, if these don't work, try using WSL2, that should be more straightforward.

This worked. But eventually I didn't have to use powershell on admin. git bash & cmd worked just fine. However, it only worked when I closed Vs code in the background. So I guess it's something to do with Vs code running move-analyzer lsp server in the background…

[stefan-mysten]

Just for your info @alvissraghnall, we just had a new release of VSCode plugin.

[stefan-mysten]

#21515 (comment)

@Banksy-w - we introduced a new feature that does not require you to add those deps anymore by hand, but it seems there's a strange interaction with the IDE that we're working on to fix.