On Tue, 2024-02-06 at 07:50 +0100, Johannes Sixt wrote: > 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. > I plan to work on this. It might take some time since I cannot spend much time on it. > > > > [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. > "Git Gui" is fine for me. I thought I took the name from the official docs at https://git-scm.com/docs/git-gui, but there is called "git- gui". > > 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. > This is the one line desciption of the official documentation. I would like to keep this description, to be consistent with the docs. > > 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 >
