MSysGit compiles git binaries as native Windows executables, so they cannot be killed unless a special flag is specified. This flag is implemented by the Cygwin version of kill, which is also included in MSysGit. Signed-off-by: Alexander Gavrilov <angavrilov@xxxxxxxxx> --- gitk | 7 ++++++- 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/gitk b/gitk index b523c98..d7fea26 100755 --- a/gitk +++ b/gitk @@ -388,7 +388,12 @@ proc stop_instance {inst} { set fd $commfd($inst) catch { set pid [pid $fd] - exec kill $pid + + if {$::tcl_platform(platform) eq {windows}} { + exec kill -f $pid + } else { + exec kill $pid + } } catch {close $fd} nukefile $fd -- 1.5.6.2.39.gd084 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html