A path separator must be exactly one byte, but the given separator is 20 bytes

[rofrol]

What version of ripgrep are you using?

$ rg --version
ripgrep 0.8.1
-SIMD -AVX

How did you install ripgrep?

cargo install ripgrep

What operating system are you using ripgrep on?

Windows 10 and git bash

Describe your question, feature request, or bug.

When in git bash, cannot provide path separator as just /.

If this is a bug, what are the steps to reproduce the behavior?

$ rg --files -telm --path-separator /
A path separator must be exactly one byte, but the given separator is 20 bytes.

If this is a bug, what is the actual behavior?

As above.

If this is a bug, what is the expected behavior?

ripgrep accepts / in git bash.

[BurntSushi]

This looks like a duplicate of #501 (comment). It looks like your shell is expanding / to something else. I don't use Windows, so you'll need to figure out how to disable or work around that behavior. From the linked issue, try --path-separator '\x2F' or --path-separator //.