On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 11:26, Pat Thoyts
<patthoyts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> If a file exists and is hidden on Windows the Tcl open command will
> fail as the attributes provided in the CREAT call fail to match those
> of the existing file. Forcing removal of the temporary file before we
> begin solves any problems caused by previous failures to save the
> application settings. An alternative would be to remove the hidden
> attribute before calling 'open'.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> gitk | 1 +
> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/gitk b/gitk
> index 1306178..a0214b7 100755
> --- a/gitk
> +++ b/gitk
> @@ -2526,6 +2526,7 @@ proc savestuff {w} {
> if {$stuffsaved} return
> if {![winfo viewable .]} return
> catch {
> + if {[file exists ~/.gitk-new]} {file delete -force ~/.gitk-new}
maybe another gitk instance is writing it at exactly same moment
in time? Writing is known to take a few moments. Especially on Windows.
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