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Re: 1.6.0: where is git-gui?

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OKOliver Kullmann <o.kullmann@swansea.ac.uk>
Date
Aug 21, 2008, 19:39 UTC
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<20080821193915.GK10819@cs-wsok.swansea.ac.uk>
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Thanks for the "git gui" info!

I've read the release notes, but it didn't occur to me that "git-gui" is part of "git" --- I assumed it would be, like "gitk", a different program (which just be chance is using the same naming convention like "git-clone" etc.).

Thanks
Oliver
On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 12:03:17PM +0200, David Kastrup wrote:
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> Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
> 
> > Oliver Kullmann <O.Kullmann@swansea.ac.uk> writes:
> >
> >> apparently git-gui is no longer installed
> >> when installing git?
> >
> > Hint #0. Have you read release notes?
> 
> The point of using a GUI is to never have to deal with command lines or
> other plaintext geek jargon making your eyes glaze over.
> 
> SCNR
> 
> -- 
> David Kastrup
> 
> --
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  1. Oliver KullmannAug 20, 2008
  2. Alex RiesenAug 20, 2008
  3. Pieter de BieAug 20, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoAug 20, 2008
  5. David KastrupAug 21, 2008
  6. Oliver KullmannAug 21, 2008
  7. Shawn O. PearceAug 21, 2008

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