# Re: \[PATCH 0/3\] gitk: macOS improvements

- From: Carlo Arenas \<hidden\>
- Date: 2021-08-04 02:37:30 
- List: git
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2021/08/7898257
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2021/08/7898250/t.md

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Tested in Windows (with 8.6) as well not to introduce any regressions

+CC Tobias (gmail instead of the one bouncing in the SoB)

On Tue, Aug 3, 2021 at 6:09 PM Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón
[ref] wrote:
>
> The following patches improve the user experience for gitk in macOS
> by avoiding to abort if the terminal where it is running hasn't been
> authorized for Automation as reported a few[1,2] times already.
>
> It has been tested in macOS 11.5.1 using both the system tk (8.5) and
> the latest (8.6.11) from brew, the third[3] patch is needed for using
> 8.6 and has been included with the gitk version from brew as well.
>
> Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón (2):
>   gitk: skip calling osascript to set frontmost for tk >= 8.6
>   gitk: avoid fatal error if `exec osascript` fails
>
> Tobias Pietzsch (1):
>   gitk: check main window visibility before waiting for it to show
>
>  gitk | 20 +++++++++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/git/20180724065120.7664-1-sunshine@sunshineco.com/
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/git/20201025175149.11853-1-dev+git@drbeat.li/
> [3] https://lore.kernel.org/git/pull.944.git.git.1610234771966.gitgitgadget@gmail.com/
> --
> 2.33.0.rc0.433.g9a510e7e11
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