# [PATCH (regression, resend)] Handle failure of core.worktree to identify the working directory.

1 messages from 2010-05-20 to 2010-05-20. Participants: Kirill Smelkov.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/23853

## Kirill Smelkov, 2010-05-20 09:57

Subject: [PATCH (regression, resend)] Handle failure of core.worktree to identify the working directory.
Message-ID: <1274349477-8747-1-git-send-email-kirr@mns.spb.ru>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1274349477-8747-1-git-send-email-kirr%40mns.spb.ru

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From: Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net>

Commit 21985a11 'git-gui: handle non-standard worktree locations' attempts
to use either GIT_WORK_TREE or core.worktree to set the _gitworktree
variable but these may not be set which leads to a failure to launch
gitk to review history. Use _gitdir to set the location for a standard
git layout where the parent of the .git directory is the working tree.

Signed-off-by: Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net>
Tested-by: Kirill Smelkov <kirr@mns.spb.ru>
---
 git-gui.sh |    3 +++
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/git-gui.sh b/git-gui.sh
index 8996d2d..ec81b15 100755
--- a/git-gui.sh
+++ b/git-gui.sh
@@ -1158,6 +1158,9 @@ apply_config
 # try to set work tree from environment, falling back to core.worktree
 if {[catch { set _gitworktree $env(GIT_WORK_TREE) }]} {
 	set _gitworktree [get_config core.worktree]
+	if {$_gitworktree eq ""} {
+		set _gitworktree [file dirname [file normalize $_gitdir]]
+	}
 }
 if {$_prefix ne {}} {
 	if {$_gitworktree eq {}} {
-- 
1.7.1.91.ga63a7

```