{"thread":{"id":"15116","subject":"1.6.0: where is git-gui?","startedAt":"2008-08-20T17:20:38Z","lastAt":"2008-08-21T19:41:23Z","messageCount":7,"participants":["Oliver Kullmann","Alex Riesen","Pieter de Bie","Junio C Hamano","David Kastrup","Shawn O. Pearce"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"87878","messageId":"20080820172038.GD10819@cs-wsok.swansea.ac.uk","threadId":"15116","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"1.6.0: where is git-gui?","fromName":"Oliver Kullmann","fromEmail":"o.kullmann@swansea.ac.uk","sentAt":"2008-08-20T17:20:38Z","receivedAt":"2008-08-20T17:20:38Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"o.kullmann@swansea.ac.uk","avatar":null},"body":"Hi,\n\napparently git-gui is no longer installed\nwhen installing git?\nThis seems to me a very strange decision.\nBut anyway, I would assume that somehow\none can still install it, though I can't\nfind anything in README, INSTALL or elsewhere??\n\nOliver\n"},{"id":"87885","messageId":"20080820212435.GA25950@blimp.local","threadId":"15116","inReplyTo":"20080820172038.GD10819@cs-wsok.swansea.ac.uk","subject":"Re: 1.6.0: where is git-gui?","fromName":"Alex Riesen","fromEmail":"raa.lkml@gmail.com","sentAt":"2008-08-20T21:24:35Z","receivedAt":"2008-08-20T21:24:35Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"raa.lkml@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/324101?v=4"},"body":"Oliver Kullmann, Wed, Aug 20, 2008 19:20:38 +0200:\n> apparently git-gui is no longer installed\n> when installing git?\n\nIt is \"git gui\" (no dash) now. It is in RelNotes, the very first\nparagraph (Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.0.txt).\n"},{"id":"87886","messageId":"399A021E-BEBA-45F5-BA6B-EE286E20DB6F@ai.rug.nl","threadId":"15116","inReplyTo":"20080820172038.GD10819@cs-wsok.swansea.ac.uk","subject":"Re: 1.6.0: where is git-gui?","fromName":"Pieter de Bie","fromEmail":"pdebie@ai.rug.nl","sentAt":"2008-08-20T21:24:58Z","receivedAt":"2008-08-20T21:24:58Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"pdebie@ai.rug.nl","avatar":null},"body":"\nOn Aug 20, 2008, at 7:20 PM, Oliver Kullmann wrote:\n\n> Hi,\n>\n> apparently git-gui is no longer installed\n> when installing git?\n> This seems to me a very strange decision.\n> But anyway, I would assume that somehow\n> one can still install it, though I can't\n> find anything in README, INSTALL or elsewhere??\n\ntry 'git gui' without the dash\n\n- Pieter\n"},{"id":"87887","messageId":"7v3akzpeer.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org","threadId":"15116","inReplyTo":"20080820172038.GD10819@cs-wsok.swansea.ac.uk","subject":"Re: 1.6.0: where is git-gui?","fromName":"Junio C Hamano","fromEmail":"gitster@pobox.com","sentAt":"2008-08-20T21:25:32Z","receivedAt":"2008-08-20T21:25:32Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"gitster@pobox.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/54884?v=4"},"body":"Oliver Kullmann writes:\n\n> apparently git-gui is no longer installed\n> when installing git?\n\nHint #0. Have you read release notes?\n\f\nHint #1. \"git-commit\" is spelled \"git commit\" these days. \n\f\nHint #2. Shouldn't \"git-gui\" now be spelled \"git gui\"?\n\f\nSolution. \"git gui\"\n\n;-)\n"},{"id":"87964","messageId":"86r68i3ct6.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz","threadId":"15116","inReplyTo":"7v3akzpeer.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org","subject":"Re: 1.6.0: where is git-gui?","fromName":"David Kastrup","fromEmail":"dak@gnu.org","sentAt":"2008-08-21T10:03:17Z","receivedAt":"2008-08-21T10:03:17Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"dak@gnu.org","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/52141349?v=4"},"body":"Junio C Hamano writes:\n\n> Oliver Kullmann writes:\n>\n>> apparently git-gui is no longer installed\n>> when installing git?\n>\n> Hint #0. Have you read release notes?\n\nThe point of using a GUI is to never have to deal with command lines or\nother plaintext geek jargon making your eyes glaze over.\n\nSCNR\n\n-- \nDavid Kastrup\n"},{"id":"88022","messageId":"20080821193915.GK10819@cs-wsok.swansea.ac.uk","threadId":"15116","inReplyTo":"86r68i3ct6.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz","subject":"Re: 1.6.0: where is git-gui?","fromName":"Oliver Kullmann","fromEmail":"o.kullmann@swansea.ac.uk","sentAt":"2008-08-21T19:39:15Z","receivedAt":"2008-08-21T19:39:15Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"o.kullmann@swansea.ac.uk","avatar":null},"body":"Thanks for the \"git gui\" info!\n\nI've read the release notes, but it didn't occur\nto me that \"git-gui\" is part of \"git\" --- I assumed\nit would be, like \"gitk\", a different program (which\njust be chance is using the same naming convention\nlike \"git-clone\" etc.).\n\nThanks\n\nOliver\n\n\nOn Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 12:03:17PM +0200, David Kastrup wrote:\n> Junio C Hamano writes:\n> \n> > Oliver Kullmann writes:\n> >\n> >> apparently git-gui is no longer installed\n> >> when installing git?\n> >\n> > Hint #0. Have you read release notes?\n> \n> The point of using a GUI is to never have to deal with command lines or\n> other plaintext geek jargon making your eyes glaze over.\n> \n> SCNR\n> \n> -- \n> David Kastrup\n> \n> --\n"},{"id":"88023","messageId":"20080821194123.GX3483@spearce.org","threadId":"15116","inReplyTo":"20080821193915.GK10819@cs-wsok.swansea.ac.uk","subject":"Re: 1.6.0: where is git-gui?","fromName":"Shawn O. Pearce","fromEmail":"spearce@spearce.org","sentAt":"2008-08-21T19:41:23Z","receivedAt":"2008-08-21T19:41:23Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"spearce@spearce.org","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/34844?v=4"},"body":"Oliver Kullmann wrote:\n> I've read the release notes, but it didn't occur\n> to me that \"git-gui\" is part of \"git\" --- I assumed\n> it would be, like \"gitk\", a different program (which\n> just be chance is using the same naming convention\n> like \"git-clone\" etc.).\n\nWell, it really is a separate program, just like gitk is.\n\nBut its name being \"git-gui\" and not \"gitgui\" is not by\naccident. I chose it to fit into the \"git foo\" naming\nscheme used by the core tools, so it fit better into the\noverall user experience. Ditto with \"git citool\".\n\n-- \nShawn.\n"}]}