weird problem with git gui

[Pietro Cerutti]

On 2013-Jul-15, 11:05, Andriy Gapon wrote:
> 
> I started having some weird problems with "git gui" command after a recent
> massive upgrade of ports (the last one was > 3 months ago), which also included
> updates of tcl and tk.
> 
> Here is a small snippet from modified tcl/tk code in
> /usr/local/libexec/git-core/git-gui:
> 
> catch {puts "1GIT_DIR is $env(GIT_DIR)"} # added by me
> menu .mbar -tearoff 0
> catch {puts "2GIT_DIR is $env(GIT_DIR)"} # added by me
> 
> I think the following output speaks for itself:
> 1GIT_DIR is .git
> 2GIT_DIR as .git.git
> 
> I am very puzzled as to why the 'menu' command would cause such a detrimental
> change to the environment.
> I am trying to debug this issue right now.  I see that there is a call to
> TclSetupEnv() (from generic/tclEnv.c) when 'menu' is executed.
> 
> Any hints and suggestions are very appreciated!
> I'll get back with any additional details I discover.

I fear I can't reproduce it locally, 

puts [info patchlevel]
puts "1 - $env(GIT_DIR)"
menu .mbar -tearoff 0
puts "2 - $env(GIT_DIR)"

gives

8.6.0
1 - .git
2 - .git

I get to it by opening an existing repository. Could you please
elaborate on the steps you take to get to that point?

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Pietro Cerutti
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