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

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Nov 11, 2009, 04:42 UTC
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David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com> writes:
> That said, if there's a consensus that the path doesn't matter
> much than we could change the behavior.  I was just trying to be
> careful.

If we are not honoring GITK_TMPDIR and suddenly start paying attention to it, that already is a change in behaviour. Why is it better than paying attention to TMPDIR?

But why does gitk, which is primarily a read-only history browsing tool (yes, I know it can do "checkout" and stuff), needs to write anything to anywhere in the first place?

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  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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