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Re: .gitk should created hidden in windows

Subject: Re: .gitk should created hidden in windows

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John Dlugosz· Mar 17, 2009, 15:56 UTC · lore

=== Re: === The problem is that windows dose not hides files beginning with a dot as it is in unix. So the .gitk file is created as visible in the windows user profile. Problematic too is that i can no set the hidden attribute to this file, because it is recreated every time i start gitk, so the hidden attribute gets lost. === end ===

I didn't even notice that file, and I use gitk all the time. That directory it put it in, the "top level" user directory based on profile, is not something that is directly examined by most users. It is probably used as roughly equivalent to the home directory under Unix, but is not exactly---Windows has separate defined locations for programs's settings, user documents, and desktop among others. I think this file properly belongs in %APPDATA%, which is a hidden directory. The stuff in that directory is not itself hidden.

That is, use the APPDATA environment variable to locate the file, rather than the HOME environment variable.

--John
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Steve Wagner· Mar 17, 2009, 16:06 UTC · re: John Dlugosz · lore
> I didn't even notice that file, and I use gitk all the time.  That
> directory it put it in, the "top level" user directory based on profile,
> is not something that is directly examined by most users.

This is true for XP and before, but in Vista, 2008 and Windows 7 the user have directly access to the user profile directory (simply click on the username in startmenue) and can see the .gitk file.

Steve
John Dlugosz schrieb:
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> === Re: ===
> The problem is that windows dose not hides files beginning with a dot as
> it is in unix. So the .gitk file is created as visible in the windows
> user profile. Problematic too is that i can no set the hidden attribute
> to this file, because it is recreated every time i start gitk, so the
> hidden attribute gets lost.
> === end ===
> 
> I didn't even notice that file, and I use gitk all the time.  That
> directory it put it in, the "top level" user directory based on profile,
> is not something that is directly examined by most users.  It is
> probably used as roughly equivalent to the home directory under Unix,
> but is not exactly---Windows has separate defined locations for
> programs's settings, user documents, and desktop among others.  I think
> this file properly belongs in %APPDATA%, which is a hidden directory.
> The stuff in that directory is not itself hidden.
> 
> That is, use the APPDATA environment variable to locate the file, rather
> than the HOME environment variable.
> 
> --John
> 
> 
> 
> 
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John Dlugosz· Mar 17, 2009, 16:11 UTC · re: Steve Wagner · lore

RE: .gitk should created hidden in windows

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> This is true for XP and before, but in Vista, 2008 and Windows 7 the
> user have directly access to the user profile directory (simply click
> on
> the username in startmenue) and can see the .gitk file.
> 
> Steve

Yes, I was thinking that I was confronted by these things more in Vista on a desktop, but can't remember exactly. A lot of the directories are symbolic links that can't be clicked! I'm running Windows 2003 which I think is based on the Vista core, but doesn't have the flashy UI candy, for servers.

But, you would not see more clutter if it was in the place where your APPDATA environment variable points, right?

--John
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Steve Wagner· Mar 17, 2009, 16:35 UTC · re: John Dlugosz · lore
John Dlugosz schrieb:
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> Yes, I was thinking that I was confronted by these things more in Vista
> on a desktop, but can't remember exactly.  A lot of the directories are
> symbolic links that can't be clicked!  I'm running Windows 2003 which I
> think is based on the Vista core, but doesn't have the flashy UI candy,
> for servers.

As far as is know, 2003 is based on xp and the this large amount of symbolic links are only there to dont break bad develop applications which are not using variables like APPDATA.

> But, you would not see more clutter if it was in the place where your
> APPDATA environment variable points, right?

Yes this is the better approach on windows, but since it is only one file, it would be ok to leave it there and make it hidden.

Steve

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