Re: Problem with gitk on cygwin

Raimund Bauer [off-list ref] wrote:

When trying to use gitk from current cygwin-install, I get an error-dialog
and no gitk-window.

Error title: "Error in startup script"
Error message:
--------------------------------
.git
    8 [main] git 1620 tty_list::allocate: No tty allocated while executing
"exec git rev-parse --git-dir"
  (procedure "gitdir" line 6)
  invoked from within
"gitdir"
  invoked from within
"set gitdir [gitdir]"
  (file  "/usr/bin/gitk" line 6270)
--------------------------------

I have seen this failure before, and its usually a result of having
your CYGWIN environment variable including 'notty':

  http://www.cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-cygwinenv.html

Or maybe its the opposite.  I don't have access to my Cygwin system
right now, so I cannot check if I have notty, tty, or just ommitted
it entirely from my CYGWIN environment varible.  But I think that's
the issue.

-- 
Shawn.