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authorMark Levedahl <mlevedahl@gmail.com>2025-04-13 14:31:52 -0400
committerMark Levedahl <mlevedahl@gmail.com>2025-07-19 09:12:11 -0400
commit3c8e1fe0eaaa976aace243680b825099f687a9bd (patch)
tree068c26715d349d79e815fb6a787bcca347d9b098
parente80065ecd700334fbc9f1de31320b83a894cfa06 (diff)
downloadgit-3c8e1fe0eaaa976aace243680b825099f687a9bd.tar.xz
git-gui: Windows tk_getSaveFile is not useful for shortcuts
git-gui invokes the tk_getSaveFile dialog to determine the full path-name of the shortcut file to create. But, on Windows, this dialog always dereferences a shortcut (.lnk) file, as this is essentially a soft-link to its target. If the shortcut file already exists, the dialog returns the path-name of the target (i.e., GIT/cmd/git-gui.exe), and not the desired shortcut file selected by the user. There is no Windows file chooser available in Tcl/Tk that does not dereference .lnk files, so this patch avoids using a dialog: the shortcut to be created is on the desktop and named as "Git + Repository Name". If this .lnk file already exists, the user must give permission to overwrite it or the process terminates. Signed-off-by: Mark Levedahl <mlevedahl@gmail.com>
-rw-r--r--lib/shortcut.tcl49
1 files changed, 30 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/lib/shortcut.tcl b/lib/shortcut.tcl
index 1d01d9cbfa..feaccbdd1d 100644
--- a/lib/shortcut.tcl
+++ b/lib/shortcut.tcl
@@ -3,27 +3,38 @@
proc do_windows_shortcut {} {
global _gitworktree
- set fn [tk_getSaveFile \
- -parent . \
- -title [mc "%s (%s): Create Desktop Icon" [appname] [reponame]] \
- -initialfile "Git [reponame].lnk"]
- if {$fn != {}} {
- if {[file extension $fn] ne {.lnk}} {
- set fn ${fn}.lnk
- }
- # Use git-gui.exe if available (ie: git-for-windows)
- set cmdLine [list [_which git-gui]]
- if {$cmdLine eq {}} {
- set cmdLine [list [info nameofexecutable] \
- [file normalize $::argv0]]
- }
- if {[catch {
- win32_create_lnk $fn $cmdLine \
- [file normalize $_gitworktree]
- } err]} {
- error_popup [strcat [mc "Cannot write shortcut:"] "\n\n$err"]
+
+ set desktop [safe_exec [list cygpath -mD]]
+ set link_file "Git [reponame].lnk"
+ set link_path [file normalize [file join $desktop $link_file]]
+
+ # on Windows, tk_getSaveFile dereferences .lnk files, so no simple
+ # filename chooser is available. Use the default or quit.
+ if {[file exists $link_path]} {
+ set answer [tk_messageBox \
+ -type yesno \
+ -title [mc "%s (%s): Create Desktop Icon" [appname] [reponame]] \
+ -default yes \
+ -message [mc "Replace existing shortcut: %s?" $link_file]]
+ if {$answer == no} {
+ return
}
}
+
+ # Use git-gui.exe if found, fall back to wish + launcher
+ set link_arguments {}
+ set link_target [_which git-gui]
+ if {![file executable $link_target]} {
+ set link_target [file normalize [info nameofexecutable]]
+ set link_arguments [file normalize $::argv0]
+ }
+ set cmdLine [list $link_target $link_arguments]
+ if {[catch {
+ win32_create_lnk $link_path $cmdLine \
+ [file normalize $_gitworktree]
+ } err]} {
+ error_popup [strcat [mc "Cannot write shortcut:"] "\n\n$err"]
+ }
}
proc do_cygwin_shortcut {} {