Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 0/3] git-gui: robustify startup and fix environment handling

From: Mark Levedahl <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 14 May 2026 10:28:51 -0400

On 5/9/26 9:37 AM, Shroom Moo wrote:
> Shroom Moo (3):
>   git-gui: restructure repository startup
>   git-gui: disable gitk visualization when no worktree available
>   git-gui: handle GIT_DIR and GIT_WORK_TREE early
>
>
After careful consideration, I find starting off by fixing what is broken in git-gui about
using a bare-repository, and letting git core handle GIT_DIR and GIT_WORK_TREE, leads to a
much more complete and different solution. A patch series (attempting to) do so will follow.

Mark