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Re: [PATCH] gitk: Use git wrapper to run git-ls-remote.

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CFChristopher Faylor <me@cgf.cx>
Date
Mar 30, 2006, 20:13 UTC
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On Thu, Mar 30, 2006 at 10:08:02AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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>Mark Wooding <mdw@distorted.org.uk> writes:
>
>> From: Mark Wooding <mdw@distorted.org.uk>
>>
>> For some reason, the Cygwin Tcl's `exec' command has trouble running
>> scripts...
>
>Yup, I've seen this and have a "personal edition" workaround
>exactly like yours.  I haven't bothered to put it in even "pu",
>because I am reluctant to add an workaround to a problem I do
>not understand (and I haven't bothered to try understanding the
>problem which happens only on Windows ;-).
>
>Does anybody know what is going on?

Currently, Cygwin's tcl is a pure windows version which uses CreateProcess to run stuff. It doesn't know about scripts and possibly doesn't even know about cygwin paths.

cgf
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  1. gitk: Use git wrapper to run git-ls-remote.Mark Wooding, Mar 30, 2006
  2. Junio C HamanoMar 30, 2006
  3. Mark WoodingMar 30, 2006
  4. Johannes SchindelinMar 30, 2006
  5. Christopher FaylorMar 30, 2006

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