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[PATCH] gitk: Comply with XDG base directory specification

From
AHAstril Hayato <astrilhayato@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 13, 2013, 19:46 UTC
Message-ID
<1386963996-5481-1-git-send-email-astrilhayato@gmail.com>

Write the gitk config data to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/gitk ($HOME/.config/git/gitk by default) in line with the XDG specification. This makes it consistent with git which also follows the spec.

If $HOME/.gitk already exists use that for backward compatibility, so only new installations are affected.

Signed-off-by: Astril Hayato <astrilhayato@gmail.com>
---
 gitk | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gitk b/gitk
index 33c3a6c..34dd4a6 100755
--- a/gitk
+++ b/gitk
@@ -2761,14 +2761,17 @@ proc savestuff {w} {
     global linkfgcolor circleoutlinecolor
     global autoselect autosellen extdifftool perfile_attrs markbgcolor use_ttk
     global hideremotes want_ttk maxrefs
+    global config_file config_file_tmp
 
     if {$stuffsaved} return
     if {![winfo viewable .]} return
     catch {
-	if {[file exists ~/.gitk-new]} {file delete -force ~/.gitk-new}
-	set f [open "~/.gitk-new" w]
+	if {[file exists $config_file_tmp]} {
+	    file delete -force $config_file_tmp
+	}
+	set f [open $config_file_tmp w]
 	if {$::tcl_platform(platform) eq {windows}} {
-	    file attributes "~/.gitk-new" -hidden true
+	    file attributes $config_file_tmp -hidden true
 	}
 	puts $f [list set mainfont $mainfont]
 	puts $f [list set textfont $textfont]
@@ -2845,7 +2848,7 @@ proc savestuff {w} {
 	}
 	puts $f "}"
 	close $f
-	file rename -force "~/.gitk-new" "~/.gitk"
+	file rename -force $config_file_tmp $config_file
     }
     set stuffsaved 1
 }
@@ -12058,7 +12061,27 @@ namespace import ::msgcat::mc
 ## And eventually load the actual message catalog
 ::msgcat::mcload $gitk_msgsdir
 
-catch {source ~/.gitk}
+catch {
+    # follow the XDG base directory specification by default. See
+    # http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html
+    if {[info exists env(XDG_CONFIG_HOME)] && $env(XDG_CONFIG_HOME) ne ""} {
+	# XDG_CONFIG_HOME environment variable is set
+	set config_file [file join $env(XDG_CONFIG_HOME) git gitk]
+	set config_file_tmp [file join $env(XDG_CONFIG_HOME) git gitk-tmp]
+    } else {
+	# default XDG_CONFIG_HOME
+	set config_file "~/.config/git/gitk"
+	set config_file_tmp "~/.config/git/gitk-tmp"
+    }
+    if {![file exists $config_file]} {
+	if {![file exists [file dirname $config_file]]} {
+	    file mkdir [file dirname $config_file]
+	}
+	# for backward compatability use the old config file if it exists
+	if {[file exists "~/.gitk"]} {set config_file "~/.gitk"}
+    }
+    source $config_file
+}
 
 parsefont mainfont $mainfont
 eval font create mainfont [fontflags mainfont]
-- 
1.8.5.1
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  1. gitk: Comply with XDG base directory specificationAstril Hayato, Dec 13, 2013
  2. Paul MackerrasJan 21, 2014
  3. Astril HayatoJan 21, 2014

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