Re: problem with git gui on cygwin.
- From
Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
- Date
- Nov 11, 2008, 18:08 UTC
- Message-ID
- <20081111180817.GA7589@blimp.localdomain>
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- <20081111170557.GI2932@spearce.org>
Shawn O. Pearce, Tue, Nov 11, 2008 18:05:57 +0100:
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> Jim Jensen <jhjjhjjhj@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have been trying to use git for a small project using cygwin. I copied my > > repository from one windows XP system to a Vista system using a usb drive. On > > the new system when I use "git gui" I get a pop up that says "Git directory not > > found: .git" > > > > This happens with git gui and gitk. The command line programs I tried, git show > > and git status appear to work. > > Huh. Sounds like the Tcl/Tk process isn't spawning the Cygwin git > process in the right directory or something. Weird that both git-gui > and gitk are giving you errors; usually its git-gui that is being > paranoid about the repository structure and gitk works just fine. > > You can try starting `git gui --trace` and see if that tells you > any more detail, but it doesn't show cwd so it may not be all that > useful to help you debug it. >
Maybe the fact that wish is not a cygwin application (doesn't use use cygwin1.dll) is a hint?