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Re: [PATCH] Allow gitk to start on Cygwin with native Win32 Tcl/Tk

From
Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Date
Oct 20, 2007, 11:39 UTC
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<18201.59649.800748.780690@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com>
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<20070922050446.GA28467@spearce.org>
Shawn O. Pearce writes:
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>  Yes, I admit this is an odd patch.  I can certainly carry it in
>  my own tree (I already carry some other patches) but I wonder if
>  we shouldn't include it as some users may actually try to do this,
>  just like I did.  Latest git-gui `master` already has changes to its
>  Makefile and shell startup boilerplate to handle this weird case.

Why do you need to change gitk itself? If you're going to modify it with sed, why can't you change the $0 on the 3rd line to the installed path of the gitk script?

Paul.
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  1. Allow gitk to start on Cygwin with native Win32 Tcl/TkShawn O. Pearce, Sep 22, 2007
  2. Paul MackerrasOct 20, 2007
  3. Mark LevedahlOct 20, 2007

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