Re: gitk doesn't start due to cygwin wish not following symlinks?

> Hi,
>
> I'm using "stow" to manage several versions of git on my cygwin
> system. As a result, my /usr/local/bin contains a bunch of symlinks to
> the actual binaries in /usr/local/stow/git-1.5.2.2/bin.
>
> This works like a charm, except that gitk won't start up, claiming, in
> turn, that it is unable to start git itself. After some investigation,
> I found that the "wish" that is supplied with cygwin isn't a true
> cygwin one, and hence doesn't understand cygwin style simlinks, and
> thus cannot start the /usr/local/bin/git symlink. It needs the true
> binary.
>
> So for now, I've worked around this by updating the first few lines of
> the gitk script to read:
>
>   #!/bin/sh
>   # Tcl ignores the next line -*- tcl -*- \
>   export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/stow/git-1.5.2.2/bin
>   # Tcl ignores the next line also \
>   exec wish "$0" -- "$@"
>
> This works for me, but is admittedly butt-ugly. Any tips on how to
> handle this kind of situation?