Github/Cygwin error: cygheap base mismatch detected

Question

Git has been giving me this error

    0 [main] sh (47116) C:\\Users\\Marcus\\AppData\\Local\\GitHub\\PortableGit_c7e0cbde92ba565cb218a521411d0e854079a28c\\us         


        

Answer 1

Disable Force randomization for images (mandatory ASLR) in your system's Windows Defender Security Center. Or exclude ASLR for git executables:

Get-Item -Path "C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\*.exe" | %{ Set-ProcessMitigation -Name $_.Name -Disable ForceRelocateImages }