Re: [PATCH v7 0/3] git-gui: robustify startup and fix environment handling

From: Mark Levedahl <mlevedahl@gmail.com>
Date: May 14, 2026, 14:28 UTC
Message-ID: <50df7f28-c63c-4762-b542-b888ea3604c0@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <tencent_66A1C2CDB9D5B764A5B4468D3F11845A2A09@qq.com>

On 5/9/26 9:37 AM, Shroom Moo wrote:

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> Shroom Moo (3):
>   git-gui: restructure repository startup
>   git-gui: disable gitk visualization when no worktree available
>   git-gui: handle GIT_DIR and GIT_WORK_TREE early
>
>

After careful consideration, I find starting off by fixing what is broken in git-gui about using a bare-repository, and letting git core handle GIT_DIR and GIT_WORK_TREE, leads to a much more complete and different solution. A patch series (attempting to) do so will follow.

Mark

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