# Droppable Git Gui in Mac OS X

2 messages from 2009-08-07 to 2009-08-10. Participants: Tobia Conforto, Shawn O. Pearce.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/20449

## Tobia Conforto, 2009-08-07 10:12

Subject: Droppable Git Gui in Mac OS X
Message-ID: <loom.20090807T090458-788@post.gmane.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/loom.20090807T090458-788%40post.gmane.org

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Hello

I'm using Git 1.6.3.3 on Mac OS X 10.5.7, installed using MacPorts 1.710

I noticed that Git Gui cannot be launched on an existing repository by
simply dragging the repository folder onto Git Gui's icon in the dock,
but this is a standard UI feature in OS X.

Here is a fix "Git Gui.app" (which MacPorts installs in
/opt/local/share/git-gui/lib) to enable this feature.

The change to Info.plist enables dropping folders onto the application.
The modified AppMain.tcl, before launching the application, receives the
one pending OpenDocument event and cd's to the repository folder.

-Tobia


--- Git Gui.app/Contents/Info.plist
+++ Git Gui.app/Contents/Info.plist
@@ -24,5 +24,16 @@
 	<string>GITg</string>
 	<key>CFBundleVersion</key>
 	<string>0.12.0</string>
+	<key>CFBundleDocumentTypes</key>
+	<array>
+		<dict>
+			<key>CFBundleTypeOSTypes</key>
+			<array>
+				<string>fold</string>
+			</array>
+			<key>CFBundleTypeRole</key>
+			<string>Viewer</string>
+		</dict>
+	</array>
 </dict>
 </plist>
--- Git Gui.app/Contents/Resources/Scripts/AppMain.tcl
+++ Git Gui.app/Contents/Resources/Scripts/AppMain.tcl
@@ -19,4 +19,9 @@

 unset gitexecdir gitguilib
 set argv [lrange $argv 1 end]
-source $AppMain_source
+
+proc ::tk::mac::OpenDocument {args} {
+	cd [lindex $args 0]
+}
+
+after 1 { source $AppMain_source }

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## Shawn O. Pearce, 2009-08-10 15:26

Subject: Re: Droppable Git Gui in Mac OS X
Message-ID: <20090810152611.GR1033@spearce.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20090810152611.GR1033%40spearce.org
In-Reply-To: <loom.20090807T090458-788@post.gmane.org>

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Tobia Conforto <tobia.conforto@gmail.com> wrote:
> I noticed that Git Gui cannot be launched on an existing repository by
> simply dragging the repository folder onto Git Gui's icon in the dock,
> but this is a standard UI feature in OS X.
> 
> Here is a fix "Git Gui.app" (which MacPorts installs in
> /opt/local/share/git-gui/lib) to enable this feature.

Interesting.

Two comments:

1) Commit message?  What should we record in the project history
   for this change?

2) Signed-off-by line?  Please see git.git's SUBMITTING_PATCHES
   file for details of what this means, and why it is necessary:

   http://repo.or.cz/w/alt-git.git?a=blob;f=Documentation/SubmittingPatches;hb=HEAD

 
> --- Git Gui.app/Contents/Info.plist
> +++ Git Gui.app/Contents/Info.plist
> @@ -24,5 +24,16 @@
>  	<string>GITg</string>
>  	<key>CFBundleVersion</key>
>  	<string>0.12.0</string>
> +	<key>CFBundleDocumentTypes</key>
> +	<array>
> +		<dict>
> +			<key>CFBundleTypeOSTypes</key>
> +			<array>
> +				<string>fold</string>
> +			</array>
> +			<key>CFBundleTypeRole</key>
> +			<string>Viewer</string>
> +		</dict>
> +	</array>
>  </dict>
>  </plist>
> --- Git Gui.app/Contents/Resources/Scripts/AppMain.tcl
> +++ Git Gui.app/Contents/Resources/Scripts/AppMain.tcl
> @@ -19,4 +19,9 @@
> 
>  unset gitexecdir gitguilib
>  set argv [lrange $argv 1 end]
> -source $AppMain_source
> +
> +proc ::tk::mac::OpenDocument {args} {
> +	cd [lindex $args 0]
> +}
> +
> +after 1 { source $AppMain_source }
> 
> 
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-- 
Shawn.

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