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Re: [PATCH] gitk: Add ability to define an alternate temporary directory

From
Sam Vilain <sam@vilain.net>
Date
Nov 11, 2009, 03:59 UTC
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David Aguilar wrote:
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> gitk fails to show diffs when browsing a repository for which
> we have read-only access.  This is due to gitk's assumption
> that the current directory is always writable.
>
> This teaches gitk to honor the GITK_TMPDIR environment
> variable.  This allows users to override the default location
> used for writing temporary files.
>

Is there a good reason not to use the common TMPDIR or TMP environment variables for this?

Sam
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Message 3 of 9 in “gitk: Add ability to define an alternate temporary directory”
  1. gitk: Add ability to define an alternate temporary directoryDavid Aguilar, Nov 11, 2009
  2. gitk: Document the $GITK_TMPDIR variableDavid Aguilar, Nov 11, 2009
  3. Sam VilainNov 11, 2009
  4. David AguilarNov 11, 2009
  5. Junio C HamanoNov 11, 2009
  6. David AguilarNov 11, 2009
  7. Jeff KingNov 12, 2009
  8. David AguilarNov 12, 2009
  9. Jeff KingNov 12, 2009

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