while on WSL bash, can you invoke window's gitk on current directory?
Suppose you're working on WSL cli bash, then you want to use gitk of the Windows on that current working dir, can you do this?
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Suppose you're working on WSL cli bash, then you want to use gitk of the Windows on that current working dir, can you do this?
Regards,
windows-subsystem-for-linux
asked Aug 5 at 12:45
The Wolf
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If the path of gitk isC:foldergitk.execonvert it to/mnt/c/folder/gitk.exeand type it in wsl.
– Biswapriyo
Aug 5 at 14:38
@Biswapriyo that's interesting, let me try when i got back
– The Wolf
Aug 5 at 14:55
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Suppose you're working on WSL cli bash, then you want to use gitk of the Windows on that current working dir, can you do this?
Regards,
windows-subsystem-for-linux
asked Aug 5 at 12:45
The Wolf
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Suppose you're working on WSL cli bash, then you want to use gitk of the Windows on that current working dir, can you do this?
Regards,
windows-subsystem-for-linux
windows-subsystem-for-linux
asked Aug 5 at 12:45
The Wolf
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asked Aug 5 at 12:45
The Wolf
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asked Aug 5 at 12:45
The Wolf
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asked Aug 5 at 12:45
The Wolf
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asked Aug 5 at 12:45
The Wolf
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If the path of gitk isC:foldergitk.execonvert it to/mnt/c/folder/gitk.exeand type it in wsl.
– Biswapriyo
Aug 5 at 14:38
@Biswapriyo that's interesting, let me try when i got back
– The Wolf
Aug 5 at 14:55
add a comment |
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If the path of gitk isC:foldergitk.execonvert it to/mnt/c/folder/gitk.exeand type it in wsl.
– Biswapriyo
Aug 5 at 14:38
@Biswapriyo that's interesting, let me try when i got back
– The Wolf
Aug 5 at 14:55
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If the path of gitk is
C:foldergitk.exe convert it to /mnt/c/folder/gitk.exe and type it in wsl.– Biswapriyo
Aug 5 at 14:38
If the path of gitk is
C:foldergitk.exe convert it to /mnt/c/folder/gitk.exe and type it in wsl.– Biswapriyo
Aug 5 at 14:38
@Biswapriyo that's interesting, let me try when i got back
– The Wolf
Aug 5 at 14:55
@Biswapriyo that's interesting, let me try when i got back
– The Wolf
Aug 5 at 14:55
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I came here because I wanted to do the same. Though, after I finally successfully started the gitk binary, it obviously failed to find the source code, as the Windows binary doesn't know the file locations on the WSL format. I.e. my files in WSL are on /mnt/c/git/foobar.
You can probably make some symlinks or apply some other smart tricks to make the directory structure the same, but instead I went the other route; installing an X server on Windows and installing and elf-64 version of gitk. There are several options, but this is my working configuration:
- installing VcXsrv from https://sourceforge.net/projects/vcxsrv/
- during installation, I selected to set the X server to 0
- start the XLaunch from Windows start menu
- from Ubuntu on WSL,
sudo apt install gitkecho export DISPLAY=:0 >> ~/.bashrc && source ~/.bashrccd /mnt/c/git/foobar && gitk --all
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I came here because I wanted to do the same. Though, after I finally successfully started the gitk binary, it obviously failed to find the source code, as the Windows binary doesn't know the file locations on the WSL format. I.e. my files in WSL are on /mnt/c/git/foobar.
You can probably make some symlinks or apply some other smart tricks to make the directory structure the same, but instead I went the other route; installing an X server on Windows and installing and elf-64 version of gitk. There are several options, but this is my working configuration:
- installing VcXsrv from https://sourceforge.net/projects/vcxsrv/
- during installation, I selected to set the X server to 0
- start the XLaunch from Windows start menu
- from Ubuntu on WSL,
sudo apt install gitkecho export DISPLAY=:0 >> ~/.bashrc && source ~/.bashrccd /mnt/c/git/foobar && gitk --all
answered Dec 10 at 14:47
Johan
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I came here because I wanted to do the same. Though, after I finally successfully started the gitk binary, it obviously failed to find the source code, as the Windows binary doesn't know the file locations on the WSL format. I.e. my files in WSL are on /mnt/c/git/foobar.
You can probably make some symlinks or apply some other smart tricks to make the directory structure the same, but instead I went the other route; installing an X server on Windows and installing and elf-64 version of gitk. There are several options, but this is my working configuration:
- installing VcXsrv from https://sourceforge.net/projects/vcxsrv/
- during installation, I selected to set the X server to 0
- start the XLaunch from Windows start menu
- from Ubuntu on WSL,
sudo apt install gitkecho export DISPLAY=:0 >> ~/.bashrc && source ~/.bashrccd /mnt/c/git/foobar && gitk --all
answered Dec 10 at 14:47
Johan
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I came here because I wanted to do the same. Though, after I finally successfully started the gitk binary, it obviously failed to find the source code, as the Windows binary doesn't know the file locations on the WSL format. I.e. my files in WSL are on /mnt/c/git/foobar.
You can probably make some symlinks or apply some other smart tricks to make the directory structure the same, but instead I went the other route; installing an X server on Windows and installing and elf-64 version of gitk. There are several options, but this is my working configuration:
- installing VcXsrv from https://sourceforge.net/projects/vcxsrv/
- during installation, I selected to set the X server to 0
- start the XLaunch from Windows start menu
- from Ubuntu on WSL,
sudo apt install gitkecho export DISPLAY=:0 >> ~/.bashrc && source ~/.bashrccd /mnt/c/git/foobar && gitk --all
answered Dec 10 at 14:47
Johan
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I came here because I wanted to do the same. Though, after I finally successfully started the gitk binary, it obviously failed to find the source code, as the Windows binary doesn't know the file locations on the WSL format. I.e. my files in WSL are on /mnt/c/git/foobar.
You can probably make some symlinks or apply some other smart tricks to make the directory structure the same, but instead I went the other route; installing an X server on Windows and installing and elf-64 version of gitk. There are several options, but this is my working configuration:
- installing VcXsrv from https://sourceforge.net/projects/vcxsrv/
- during installation, I selected to set the X server to 0
- start the XLaunch from Windows start menu
- from Ubuntu on WSL,
sudo apt install gitkecho export DISPLAY=:0 >> ~/.bashrc && source ~/.bashrccd /mnt/c/git/foobar && gitk --all
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If the path of gitk is
C:foldergitk.execonvert it to/mnt/c/folder/gitk.exeand type it in wsl.– Biswapriyo
Aug 5 at 14:38
@Biswapriyo that's interesting, let me try when i got back
– The Wolf
Aug 5 at 14:55