Re: [PATCH v1 11/11] git-gui: add gui and pick as explicit subcommands

From: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Date: May 19, 2026, 21:15 UTC
Message-ID: <246039f4-8f61-4f7c-bd8a-50b7f519e7ae@kdbg.org>
In-Reply-To: <ffbbd733-2af9-4ff5-9354-cb2f333927a8@gmail.com>

Am 19.05.26 um 20:45 schrieb Mark Levedahl:

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> What I have now is
> 
> if (enabled gitdir discovery) {
>     discover gitdir
>     maybe an error occurs and gitdir remains {}
> }
> 
> if (enabled pick && gitdir eq {}) {
>     unset GIT_DIR .. (just to be friendly, could throw an error instead...)
>     pick
>     discover gitdir to VALIDATE pick gave us a good thing
> }
> 
> if no gitdir {
>     error No Repository
> }
> 
> then on to worktree discovery (which also validates what pick returns as pick may not have
> done so).

Sounds good.

-- Hannes

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