[PATCH 0/3] meson: wire up gitk and git-gui

From: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Date: Aug 19, 2025, 08:18 UTC
Message-ID: <20250819-b4-pks-meson-tcl-tk-v1-0-6bcaff0bc0a0@pks.im>

Hi,

I have upstreamed support for Meson into both gitk [1] and git-gui [2]. This small patch series wires up support in Git.

To the best of my knowledge this is the last missing piece for feature compatibility with our Makefile. As such, from my point of view, I think that we can stop treating the Meson build system as experimental and instead officially endorse it. Once merged I'll thus send another patch series that updates our documentation in various different places to also mention how to build Git with Meson.

Thanks!

Patrick

[1]: https://github.com/j6t/gitk/pull/8 [2]: https://github.com/j6t/git-gui/pull/9

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Patrick Steinhardt (3):
      git-gui: move into "subprojects/"
      gitk: move into "subprojects/"
      meson: wire up gitk and git-gui

 Documentation/SubmittingPatches                       |   4 ++--
 Documentation/gitk.adoc                               |   2 +-
 Makefile                                              |  18 +++++++++---------
 meson.build                                           |  14 ++++++++++++++
 meson_options.txt                                     |   4 ++++
 subprojects/.gitignore                                |   2 ++
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/.gitattributes       |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/.gitignore           |   0
 .../git-gui}/GIT-GUI-BUILD-OPTIONS.in                 |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/GIT-VERSION-GEN      |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/Makefile             |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/README.md            |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/generate-git-gui.sh  |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/generate-script.sh   |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/generate-tclindex.sh |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/git-gui--askpass.sh  |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/git-gui.sh           |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/lib/about.tcl        |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/lib/blame.tcl        |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/lib/branch.tcl       |   0
 .../git-gui}/lib/branch_checkout.tcl                  |   0
 .../git-gui}/lib/branch_create.tcl                    |   0
 .../git-gui}/lib/branch_delete.tcl                    |   0
 .../git-gui}/lib/branch_rename.tcl                    |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/lib/browser.tcl      |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/lib/checkout_op.tcl  |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/lib/choose_font.tcl  |   0
 .../git-gui}/lib/choose_repository.tcl                |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/lib/choose_rev.tcl   |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/lib/chord.tcl        |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/lib/class.tcl        |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/lib/commit.tcl       |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/lib/console.tcl      |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/lib/database.tcl     |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/lib/date.tcl         |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/lib/diff.tcl         |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/lib/encoding.tcl     |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/lib/error.tcl        |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/lib/git-gui.ico      | Bin
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/lib/index.tcl        |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/lib/line.tcl         |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/lib/logo.tcl         |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/lib/merge.tcl        |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/lib/mergetool.tcl    |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/lib/meson.build      |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/lib/option.tcl       |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/lib/remote.tcl       |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/lib/remote_add.tcl   |   0
 .../git-gui}/lib/remote_branch_delete.tcl             |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/lib/search.tcl       |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/lib/shortcut.tcl     |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/lib/spellcheck.tcl   |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/lib/sshkey.tcl       |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/lib/status_bar.tcl   |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/lib/themed.tcl       |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/lib/tools.tcl        |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/lib/tools_dlg.tcl    |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/lib/transport.tcl    |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/lib/win32.tcl        |   0
 .../git-gui}/lib/win32_shortcut.js                    |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/meson.build          |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/po/.gitignore        |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/po/README            |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/po/bg.po             |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/po/de.po             |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/po/el.po             |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/po/fr.po             |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/po/glossary/Makefile |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/po/glossary/bg.po    |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/po/glossary/de.po    |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/po/glossary/el.po    |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/po/glossary/fr.po    |   0
 .../git-gui}/po/glossary/git-gui-glossary.pot         |   0
 .../git-gui}/po/glossary/git-gui-glossary.txt         |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/po/glossary/it.po    |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/po/glossary/pt_br.po |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/po/glossary/pt_pt.po |   0
 .../git-gui}/po/glossary/txt-to-pot.sh                |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/po/glossary/zh_cn.po |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/po/hu.po             |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/po/it.po             |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/po/ja.po             |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/po/meson.build       |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/po/nb.po             |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/po/po2msg.sh         |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/po/pt_br.po          |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/po/pt_pt.po          |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/po/ru.po             |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/po/sv.po             |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/po/vi.po             |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/po/zh_cn.po          |   0
 {git-gui => subprojects/git-gui}/windows/git-gui.sh   |   0
 {gitk-git => subprojects/gitk}/.gitignore             |   0
 {gitk-git => subprojects/gitk}/Makefile               |   0
 {gitk-git => subprojects/gitk}/generate-tcl.sh        |   0
 {gitk-git => subprojects/gitk}/gitk                   |   0
 {gitk-git => subprojects/gitk}/meson.build            |   0
 {gitk-git => subprojects/gitk}/po/.gitignore          |   0
 {gitk-git => subprojects/gitk}/po/bg.po               |   0
 {gitk-git => subprojects/gitk}/po/ca.po               |   0
 {gitk-git => subprojects/gitk}/po/de.po               |   0
 {gitk-git => subprojects/gitk}/po/es.po               |   0
 {gitk-git => subprojects/gitk}/po/fr.po               |   0
 {gitk-git => subprojects/gitk}/po/hu.po               |   0
 {gitk-git => subprojects/gitk}/po/it.po               |   0
 {gitk-git => subprojects/gitk}/po/ja.po               |   0
 {gitk-git => subprojects/gitk}/po/meson.build         |   0
 {gitk-git => subprojects/gitk}/po/po2msg.sh           |   0
 {gitk-git => subprojects/gitk}/po/pt_br.po            |   0
 {gitk-git => subprojects/gitk}/po/pt_pt.po            |   0
 {gitk-git => subprojects/gitk}/po/ru.po               |   0
 {gitk-git => subprojects/gitk}/po/sv.po               |   0
 {gitk-git => subprojects/gitk}/po/ta.po               |   0
 {gitk-git => subprojects/gitk}/po/vi.po               |   0
 {gitk-git => subprojects/gitk}/po/zh_cn.po            |   0
 115 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

--- base-commit: c44beea485f0f2feaf460e2ac87fdd5608d63cf0 change-id: 20250703-b4-pks-meson-tcl-tk-bb75616c8048