python manage.py runserver, shell, dbshell freezes on git-bash

Question

I\'m trying to run the interactive shell in python virtualenv in windows, on git-bash, but it isn\'t running. Strange thing is, it doesn\'t seem to do anything, just the cur

Answer 1

Summarising the investigation in the comments...

A good way to investigate these sorts of problems is to use pystuck.

In this case, it would appear to have been some sort of internal dependency on IPython as installing pystuck also installs IPython and the bug no longer reproduces with Both installed.