Re: .gitk should created hidden in windows

=== Re: ===
The problem is that windows dose not hides files beginning with a dot as
it is in unix. So the .gitk file is created as visible in the windows
user profile. Problematic too is that i can no set the hidden attribute
to this file, because it is recreated every time i start gitk, so the
hidden attribute gets lost.
=== end ===

I didn't even notice that file, and I use gitk all the time.  That
directory it put it in, the "top level" user directory based on profile,
is not something that is directly examined by most users.  It is
probably used as roughly equivalent to the home directory under Unix,
but is not exactly---Windows has separate defined locations for
programs's settings, user documents, and desktop among others.  I think
this file properly belongs in %APPDATA%, which is a hidden directory.
The stuff in that directory is not itself hidden.

That is, use the APPDATA environment variable to locate the file, rather
than the HOME environment variable.

--John




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I didn't even notice that file, and I use gitk all the time.  That
directory it put it in, the "top level" user directory based on profile,
is not something that is directly examined by most users.

This is true for XP and before, but in Vista, 2008 and Windows 7 the
user have directly access to the user profile directory (simply click on
the username in startmenue) and can see the .gitk file.

Steve

John Dlugosz schrieb:

=== Re: ===
The problem is that windows dose not hides files beginning with a dot as
it is in unix. So the .gitk file is created as visible in the windows
user profile. Problematic too is that i can no set the hidden attribute
to this file, because it is recreated every time i start gitk, so the
hidden attribute gets lost.
=== end ===

I didn't even notice that file, and I use gitk all the time.  That
directory it put it in, the "top level" user directory based on profile,
is not something that is directly examined by most users.  It is
probably used as roughly equivalent to the home directory under Unix,
but is not exactly---Windows has separate defined locations for
programs's settings, user documents, and desktop among others.  I think
this file properly belongs in %APPDATA%, which is a hidden directory.
The stuff in that directory is not itself hidden.

That is, use the APPDATA environment variable to locate the file, rather
than the HOME environment variable.

--John




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 d. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer.

This is true for XP and before, but in Vista, 2008 and Windows 7 the
user have directly access to the user profile directory (simply click
on
the username in startmenue) and can see the .gitk file.

Steve

Yes, I was thinking that I was confronted by these things more in Vista
on a desktop, but can't remember exactly.  A lot of the directories are
symbolic links that can't be clicked!  I'm running Windows 2003 which I
think is based on the Vista core, but doesn't have the flashy UI candy,
for servers.

But, you would not see more clutter if it was in the place where your
APPDATA environment variable points, right?

--John

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John Dlugosz schrieb:

Yes, I was thinking that I was confronted by these things more in Vista
on a desktop, but can't remember exactly.  A lot of the directories are
symbolic links that can't be clicked!  I'm running Windows 2003 which I
think is based on the Vista core, but doesn't have the flashy UI candy,
for servers.

As far as is know, 2003 is based on xp and the this large amount of
symbolic links are only there to dont break bad develop applications
which are not using variables like APPDATA.

But, you would not see more clutter if it was in the place where your
APPDATA environment variable points, right?

Yes this is the better approach on windows, but since it is only one
file, it would be ok to leave it there and make it hidden.

Steve