Re: [PATCH v2] doc/gitk: update reference to the external project
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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- Aug 20, 2025, 15:34 UTC
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Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> writes:
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> Gitk is now maintained by Johannes Sixt and the repository can be > cloned from a new URL. b59358100c20 (Update the official repo of > gitk, 2024-12-24) could have updated this instance in the manual, > too, but the opportunity was missed. Update it now. Do give credit > to Paul Mackerras as the inventor of the program. > > Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> > ---
Thanks for the update. This is long overdue. I forgot that this manual page was carried in my tree.
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> I just noticed that I would have removed the last user-visible > mention of Paul. Don't do that. > > Documentation/gitk.adoc | 8 ++++---- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/gitk.adoc b/Documentation/gitk.adoc > index 58ce40ddb1..5b34dcd077 100644 > --- a/Documentation/gitk.adoc > +++ b/Documentation/gitk.adoc > @@ -163,16 +163,16 @@ used by default. If '$XDG_CONFIG_HOME' is not set it defaults to > > History > ------- > -Gitk was the first graphical repository browser. It's written in > -tcl/tk. > +Gitk was the first graphical repository browser, written by > +Paul Mackerras in Tcl/Tk. > > 'gitk' is actually maintained as an independent project, but stable > versions are distributed as part of the Git suite for the convenience > of end users. > > -gitk-git/ comes from Paul Mackerras's gitk project: > +`gitk-git/` comes from Johannes Sixt's gitk project: > > - git://ozlabs.org/~paulus/gitk > + https://github.com/j6t/gitk > > SEE ALSO > --------