"Christian Couder" <christian.couder@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Hi, > > On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 5:28 PM, Hannu Koivisto <azure@xxxxxx> wrote: >> Greetings, >> >> git bisect view uses gitk if DISPLAY environment variable is set >> and git log otherwise. Since gitk doesn't require X server in >> Cygwin, that seems like a bit questionable condition in that >> environment. > > Do you know any environment variable that we could use to detect we > can use gitk in Cygwin? I looked around and I believe there is no such variable. I suppose the only case where you cannot use gitk is when the user is logged on using ssh, telnet, psexec or similar (well, unless you use some non-standard Tcl/Tk build which is configured to use X instead of Windows graphics). Then again, I don't think typical Windows programs do any checks for such situations. So, easy fix: always use gitk unless log is specified. Harder fix: figure out a way to test if the login session is such that graphical applications can be run. > You can use "git bisect view log" to use "git log" even if DISPLAY is set. I'd rather not use undocumented functionality ;) -- Hannu -- 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
