Am 05.02.24 um 21:12 schrieb Tobias Boesch: > Hello everyone, > > quoting from downstream issue: > https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/git/-/issues/5 > > ------------------------- > > "As far as I can see git gui cannot easily be used by me on arch. > A .desktop entry is missing for me. > I created one that opens git gui. > It also adds an entry in the "Open With..." menu of file managers (I > tested only with Nautilus). Opeing git gui with this entry git gui is > opened in the folder where the menu was opened. > If it is a git repository git gui open it. If it is no git repository > git gui opens just as if it was called from the desktop launcher. > Since it took a while to create it and adds value for me I would like > to share it to be added to the git package by default. > It is far from being perfect. It's a first working version. For me > personally it is enough. > Before tweaking it further to fit the packaging standards I would like > to ask if is desired to be added. > > .desktop file proposal Thank you, this is certainly helpful. To get a .desktop file accepted, you would have to submit it in patch form. Additionally, since there is a dependence on the install location, it must be included in the build process. > > [Desktop Entry] > Name=git gui When I launch the program on my openSUSE desktop, the titlebar uses the name "Git Gui". IMO, that would make it more consistent. > Comment=A portable graphical interface to Git I have two gripes with this Comment: - That the program is portable is irrelevant for the user. The word need not occur in this Comment. - I had hoped for a more precise description. In particular, when a program is advertised as "graphical interface to Git", then I would expect that it can do a bit more than initialize repositories and make commits. At a minimum, I would expect a history viewer; but Git Gui doesn't have one. Unless you count the two "Visualize" entries in the "Repository" menu that invoke gitk as such. So, I dunno. > Exec=/bin/bash -c 'if [[ "$0" = "/bin/bash" ]]; then git gui; else cd > "$0" && git gui; fi' %F > Icon=/usr/share/git-gui/lib/git-gui.ico > Type=Application > Terminal=false > Categories=Development; > > > I think upstream has any interest to add this. Therefore I ask here." > > ------------------------- > > The arch package maintainer proposed to try to to add this to upstream > before just putting it into the arch package. > Here I am asking if it could be added to git. > > If it's worth to add it, I would take the time to improve it if there > are suggestions or comments on the current version. > > Best wishes and thanks for developing git. > Tobias -- Hannes
