This patch adds --cwd (change working directory) parameter to gitk. With this parameter, instead of need to cd to directory with .git folder, one can point the correct folder from commandline.
Signed-off-by: Juha-Pekka Heikkila <juhapekka.heikk...@gmail.com> --- Documentation/gitk.txt | 5 +++++ gitk-git/gitk | 15 +++++++++------ 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/gitk.txt b/Documentation/gitk.txt index 6ade002..1f42198 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitk.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitk.txt @@ -146,6 +146,11 @@ gitk-specific options Select the specified commit after loading the graph. Default behavior is equivalent to specifying '--select-commit=HEAD'. +--cwd=<path>:: + + Change working direcoty to <path>. If the git tree exist elsewhere + gitk first cd to given path before start to operate. + Examples -------- gitk v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi:: diff --git a/gitk-git/gitk b/gitk-git/gitk index fcc606e..5fdf459 100755 --- a/gitk-git/gitk +++ b/gitk-git/gitk @@ -12279,12 +12279,6 @@ setui $uicolor setoptions -# check that we can find a .git directory somewhere... -if {[catch {set gitdir [exec git rev-parse --git-dir]}]} { - show_error {} . [mc "Cannot find a git repository here."] - exit 1 -} - set selecthead {} set selectheadid {} @@ -12305,6 +12299,9 @@ foreach arg $argv { "--argscmd=*" { set revtreeargscmd [string range $arg 10 end] } + "--cwd=*" { + cd [string range $arg 6 end] + } default { lappend revtreeargs $arg } @@ -12312,6 +12309,12 @@ foreach arg $argv { incr i } +# check that we can find a .git directory somewhere... +if {[catch {set gitdir [exec git rev-parse --git-dir]}]} { + show_error {} . [mc "Cannot find a git repository here."] + exit 1 +} + if {$selecthead eq "HEAD"} { set selecthead {} } -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html