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[GIT PULL] gitk: restore window position, external diff of renamed files

From
Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Date
Nov 26, 2025, 15:38 UTC
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The following changes since commit c435c515dad872532705d45d9ff81d3f4af22d6d:
  Merge branch 'ml/themes' (2025-10-05 13:09:49 +0200)
are available in the Git repository at:
  https://github.com/j6t/gitk.git master
for you to fetch changes up to 776223c4d8482a29585266e189ea8f1933ac9652:
  Merge branch 'tb/external-diff-renamed' (2025-11-26 16:04:14 +0100)

The commit that reinstates that the main window position is saved across sessions is controversial and needs testing. In b9bee11526ec (gitk: Only restore window size from ~/.gitk, not position, 2008-03-10) [1] it was argued that restoring the main window position is inconvenient. With the reversal of that patch I have now implemented my preference (to restore the position) with the purpose to solicit feedback whether it is still inconvenient. We can revert the patch again or find a better solution if needed.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/git/20080223113759.12854.qmail@6a8737aa4695b2.315fe32.mid.smarden.org/
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Johannes Sixt (6):
      Revert "gitk: Only restore window size from ~/.gitk, not position"
      gitk: persist position and size of the Tags and Heads window
      gitk: fix a 'continue' statement outside a loop to 'return'
      gitk: show unescaped file names on 'rename' and 'copy' lines
      Merge branch 'js/persist-ref-window-geometry'
      Merge branch 'tb/external-diff-renamed'
Tobias Boesch (1):
      gitk: add external diff file rename detection
 gitk | 87 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 69 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
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  1. Johannes SixtNov 26, 2025
  2. Junio C HamanoNov 26, 2025

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