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Re: [PATCH 3/3] git-gui: define correct GIT_DIR for gitk

From
Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date
Feb 18, 2009, 17:22 UTC
Message-ID
<20090218172252.GG22848@spearce.org>
In-Reply-To
<1234144850-2903-4-git-send-email-giuseppe.bilotta@gmail.com>
Giuseppe Bilotta <giuseppe.bilotta@gmail.com> wrote:
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> When invoking gitk, git-gui assumed that the worktree was the dirname of
> $_gitdir and that, by consequence, the git dir could be set to the tail of
> $_gitdir once we changed to the worktree root directory.
> 
> The assumption is no longer true since the previous commit introduced
> support for more generic worktree locations, so export a GIT_DIR
> environment variable set to the full, normalized path of $_gitdir
> instead.
Since this is a one line patch to fix a bug introduced by the prior
patch, I'd rather just see this squash into the prior patch.
 
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> Signed-off-by: Giuseppe Bilotta <giuseppe.bilotta@gmail.com>
> ---
>  git-gui/git-gui.sh |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/git-gui/git-gui.sh b/git-gui/git-gui.sh
> index 94317c7..de3f29c 100755
> --- a/git-gui/git-gui.sh
> +++ b/git-gui/git-gui.sh
> @@ -1908,7 +1908,7 @@ proc do_gitk {revs} {
>  
>  		set pwd [pwd]
>  		cd $_gitworktree
> -		set env(GIT_DIR) [file tail [gitdir]]
> +		set env(GIT_DIR) [file normalize [gitdir]]
>  
>  		eval exec $cmd $revs &
>  
> -- 
> 1.6.2.rc0.173.g5e148
> 
-- 
Shawn.
Previous: Giuseppe Bilotta
Message 9 of 9 in “git-gui: generic and robust worktree/gitdir support”
  1. 0/3 git-gui: generic and robust worktree/gitdir supportGiuseppe Bilotta, Feb 9, 2009
  2. 1/3 git-gui: properly check for a bare repoGiuseppe Bilotta, Feb 9, 2009
  3. Shawn O. PearceFeb 18, 2009
  4. Giuseppe BilottaFeb 18, 2009
  5. Shawn O. PearceFeb 18, 2009
  6. 2/3 git-gui: use the actual worktreeGiuseppe Bilotta, Feb 9, 2009
  7. Shawn O. PearceFeb 18, 2009
  8. 3/3 git-gui: define correct GIT_DIR for gitkGiuseppe Bilotta, Feb 9, 2009
  9. Shawn O. PearceFeb 18, 2009

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