The current code does not actually require this since the documentation
URL should always pass through unmangled, but future users of
start_browser() (as in the patch to follow) might require this.
This patch has been sponsored by Novartis.
Signed-off-by: Petr Baudis <redacted>
---
git-gui/git-gui.sh | 6 +++++-
1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/git-gui/git-gui.sh b/git-gui/git-gui.sh
index fc67eb8..4d2d600 100755
--- a/git-gui/git-gui.sh
+++ b/git-gui/git-gui.sh
@@ -2360,7 +2360,11 @@ if {[file isfile $doc_path]} {
}
proc start_browser {url} {
- git "web--browse" $url
+ # We use --stdin here since passing URLs (especially with query
+ # strings) does insane things in MSysGit.
+ set fd [git_write "web--browse" "--stdin"]
+ puts $fd $url
+ close $fd
}
.mbar.help add command -label [mc "Online Documentation"] \--
tg: (6e32399..) t/git-gui/web-browse-stdin (depends on: t/git-gui/web-browse t/web--browse/stdin)