From: Indigo Frankencastle Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:00:02 GMT Subject: Minor gitk bug - update on empty project : can't read "viewmainheadid_orig(1)": no such variable Message-ID: One of these "weird usage causes weird bugs". One way to reproduce: mkdir foo cd foo git init git commit -am "Initial" gitk & # or gitk --all & Resulting in (gitk-git/gitk line 503 - 512): can't read "viewmainheadid_orig(1)": no such variable can't read "viewmainheadid_orig(1)": no such variable while executing "if {$mainheadid ne $viewmainheadid_orig($view)} { if {$showlocalchanges} { dohidelocalchanges } set viewmainheadid($view) $mainheadid set vie..." (procedure "updatecommits" line 13) invoked from within "updatecommits" (command bound to event) As "$mainheadid" is not set, should there be something in the direction of this perhaps? ... Subject: [PATCH] gitk catch missing head id on update --- gitk-git/gitk | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/gitk-git/gitk b/gitk-git/gitk index d93bd99..fa869d7 100755 --- a/gitk-git/gitk +++ b/gitk-git/gitk @@ -499,6 +499,11 @@ proc updatecommits {} { set hasworktree [hasworktree] rereadrefs + if {$mainheadid eq ""} { + # error_popup "[mc "Error updating commits:"] No main HEAD id" + show_status [mc "No main HEAD id"] + return {} + } set view $curview if {$mainheadid ne $viewmainheadid_orig($view)} { if {$showlocalchanges} { -- 1.7.10.4 ... Or perhaps some logic in: proc rereadrefs {} ---- Best regards, IF