When parsing commits, gitk treats the headers of the commit as tcl lists. This causes errors if the header contains an unbalanced quote or open brace. Splitting the line on spaces allows us to treat it as a set of words instead of as a tcl list, which prevents errors. Signed-off-by: Kevin Ballard <kevin@xxxxxx> --- gitk | 5 +++-- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/gitk b/gitk index a5e24e4..83b45cd 100755 --- a/gitk +++ b/gitk @@ -1601,13 +1601,14 @@ proc parsecommit {id contents listed} { set header [string range $contents 0 [expr {$hdrend - 1}]] set comment [string range $contents [expr {$hdrend + 2}] end] foreach line [split $header "\n"] { + set line [split $line " "] set tag [lindex $line 0] if {$tag == "author"} { set audate [lindex $line end-1] - set auname [lrange $line 1 end-2] + set auname [join [lrange $line 1 end-2] " "] } elseif {$tag == "committer"} { set comdate [lindex $line end-1] - set comname [lrange $line 1 end-2] + set comname [join [lrange $line 1 end-2] " "] } } set headline {} -- 1.6.1.rc3.334.g7365d -- 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