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Re: [GIT-GUI PATCH] Correctly launch gitk for branch whose name matches a local file

From
Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date
Jan 23, 2010, 22:41 UTC
Message-ID
<20100123224131.GD12679@spearce.org>
In-Reply-To
<20100121121848.BE37D2FC47@perkele>
Peter Krefting <peter@softwolves.pp.se> wrote:
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> When trying to run gitk on a branch name whose name matches a local file,
> it will toss an error saying that the name is ambiguous. Adding a pair
> of dashes will make gitk parse the options to the left of it as branch
> names. Since wish eats the first pair of dashes we throw at it, we need
> to add a second one to ensure they get through.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Krefting <peter@softwolves.pp.se>
> ---
>  git-gui.sh |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
Thanks, applied.
 
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Shawn.
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  1. Correctly launch gitk for branch whose name matches a local filePeter Krefting, Jan 21, 2010
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