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Re: gitk run from subdir and "find commit touching paths"

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Matt Graham <mdg149@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 30, 2009, 05:56 UTC
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On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 12:14, Sitaram Chamarty <sitaramc@gmail.com> wrote:
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> If I run gitk from a subdirectory, and then try to find a
> commit touching a path, it doesn't work.  No movement of
> cursor on "Next/Prev".
>
> Running from the main project directory makes it work ok --
> you can go "Next" or "Prev" finding other commits that
> touched the same path.
>
> Is this a known problem?  I couldn't find it in the mailing
> list archives.

Hi, I get this too. My repos are small enough that I'm usually able to just cd to the root dir and rerun gitk.

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