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Re: prevent gitk collapsing tree view when viewing a different commit?

From
Adam Spiers <git@adamspiers.org>
Date
Dec 19, 2013, 19:04 UTC
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On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 01:57:43PM -0500, Marc Branchaud wrote:
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> On 13-12-19 10:15 AM, Adam Spiers wrote:
> > If I launch gitk, switch the lower right pane from Patch view mode to
> > Tree view, expand a few directories, and then changing to viewing a
> > different commit, the tree automatically collapses again.  This is
> > really annoying when trying to view changes to the tree structure over
> > time; is there any way to stop it, or would it be an easy tweak to the
> > code for someone familiar with it?  I had a look at the code but could
> > hardly understand any of it :-/
> 
> What I would really like is that if I have a file selected in Patch view,
> then that file is displayed when I switch to Tree view, and vice-versa.
Yes, that would be fantastic!
> Unfortunately such a change is beyond my Tcl skills.
Mine too :-/
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  1. Adam SpiersDec 19, 2013
  2. Marc BranchaudDec 19, 2013
  3. Adam SpiersDec 19, 2013

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