Tilda-based path may confise some users. First, tilda is not known for Window users, second, it may point to unexpected location depending on various environment setup. Expand the path to "nativename", so that ~/.config/git/gitk-tmp would be "C:\Users\user\.config\git\gitk-tmp", for example. It should be less cryptic Signed-off-by: Max Kirillov <max@xxxxxxxxxx> --- gitk | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/gitk b/gitk index 877d49e1de..48c1d3e714 100755 --- a/gitk +++ b/gitk @@ -2844,7 +2844,8 @@ proc config_check_tmp_exists {tries_left} { if {$tries_left > 0} { after 100 [list config_check_tmp_exists $tries_left] } else { - error_popup "There appears to be a stale $config_file_tmp\ + error_popup "There appears to be a stale \ + \"[file nativename $config_file_tmp]\" \ file, which will prevent gitk from saving its configuration on exit.\ Please remove it if it is not being used by any existing gitk process." } -- 2.11.0.1122.gc3fec58.dirty