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[PATCH v1 1/4] git-gui: remove duplicate entries from .gitconfig's gui.recentrepo

From
Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>
Date
Dec 14, 2015, 15:09 UTC
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The git gui's recent repo list may become contaminated with duplicate entries. The git gui would barf when attempting to remove one entry. Remove them all - there is no option within 'git config' to selectively remove one of the entries.

This issue was reported on the 'Git User' list
(https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/git-users/msev4KsQGFc,
Warning: gui.recentrepo has multiply values while executing).

On startup the gui checks that entries in the recentrepo list are still valid repos and deletes thoses that are not. If duplicate entries are present the 'git config --unset' will barf and this prevents the gui from starting.

Subsequent patches fix other parts of recentrepo logic used for syncing internal lists with the external .gitconfig.

Reported-by: Alexey Astakhov <asstv7@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>
---
 git-gui/lib/choose_repository.tcl | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/git-gui/lib/choose_repository.tcl b/git-gui/lib/choose_repository.tcl
index 75d1da8..133ca0a 100644
--- a/git-gui/lib/choose_repository.tcl
+++ b/git-gui/lib/choose_repository.tcl
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ proc _get_recentrepos {} {
 
 proc _unset_recentrepo {p} {
 	regsub -all -- {([()\[\]{}\.^$+*?\\])} $p {\\\1} p
-	git config --global --unset gui.recentrepo "^$p\$"
+	git config --global --unset-all gui.recentrepo "^$p\$"
 	load_config 1
 }
 
-- 
2.5.2.windows.2
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Message 3 of 11 in “git gui: fail on dual entries in recent repo list”
  1. Philip OakleyDec 13, 2015
  2. 0/4 Fix git-gui when recentrepo list has duplicatesPhilip Oakley, Dec 14, 2015
  3. 1/4 git-gui: remove duplicate entries from .gitconfig's gui.recentrepoPhilip Oakley, Dec 14, 2015
  4. Eric SunshineDec 14, 2015
  5. Philip OakleyDec 16, 2015
  6. Eric SunshineDec 17, 2015
  7. 2/4 git gui: cope with duplicates in _get_recentrepoPhilip Oakley, Dec 14, 2015
  8. 3/4 git gui: de-dup selected repo from recentrepo historyPhilip Oakley, Dec 14, 2015
  9. 4/4 git gui: allow for a long recentrepo listPhilip Oakley, Dec 14, 2015
  10. Eric SunshineDec 14, 2015
  11. Philip OakleyDec 14, 2015

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