On Sunday, March 24, 2013 11:41:04 AM UTC-7, Lewis Levin wrote:
> Running Spyder on Windows 7.
> Use the command "explore repository" on context menu in file explorer.
> The selected folder is (or contains) a git repository (.git is present).
> Spyder returns: Unable to find external program. Please install gitk.
>
> When trying commit, Spyder returns: .... Please install git.
>
> All of git is installed. This installation works with Wingware ide,
> Tortoise, and Bash (mingw).
>
> so, the problem is in making Spyder aware of the location of the various
> git executables. I cannot find where to do this. There is no general
> "install external tool" available through the ui, nor in the ini file.
>
> I am not in love with apps that have deep layers of dependencies (many
> points of failure). There is some reference to sip under PyQt, which is
> where the connection to git may need to be made. But, there is no
> documentation or Google search results to point to any clues.
>
> Can someone point me to some clues?
>
> Thanks.
>
> (Spyder is pretty nice, btw...)
>
Here is a patch it works
$ cat spyderlib_utils_programs.patch
--- spyderlib/utils/programs.orig Sat Jan 5 06:31:28 2013
+++ spyderlib/utils/programs.py Mon Mar 25 16:39:09 2013
@@ -22,6 +22,18 @@
abspath = osp.join(path, basename)
if osp.isfile(abspath):
return abspath
+ # check for msysgit
+ if basename in ['git', 'gitk'] and os.name == 'nt':
+ if os.environ["PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE"] == "AMD64":
+ abspath = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Git"
+ if osp.isdir(abspath):
+ return abspath
+ else:
+ abspath = abspath = "C:\\Program Files\\Git"
+ if osp.isdir(abspath):
+ return abspath
+
+
def find_program(basename):
@@ -46,6 +58,14 @@
path = find_program(name)
if not path:
raise RuntimeError("Program %s was not found" % name)
+ if path in ["C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Git", "C:\\Program
Files\\Git"]:
+ path = osp.join(path, "bin", "sh.exe")
+ sh_args = ['--login', '-c']
+ # git gui or gitk
+ if args:
+ args = sh_args + ['git gui']
+ else:
+ args = sh_args + ['gitk']
subprocess.Popen([path]+args, cwd=cwd)
Basically I check for msysgit and massage the commands to use `sh.exe
--login -c <command>`
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--- spyderlib/utils/programs.orig Sat Jan 5 06:31:28 2013
+++ spyderlib/utils/programs.py Mon Mar 25 16:39:09 2013
@@ -22,6 +22,18 @@
abspath = osp.join(path, basename)
if osp.isfile(abspath):
return abspath
+ # check for msysgit
+ if basename in ['git', 'gitk'] and os.name == 'nt':
+ if os.environ["PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE"] == "AMD64":
+ abspath = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Git"
+ if osp.isdir(abspath):
+ return abspath
+ else:
+ abspath = abspath = "C:\\Program Files\\Git"
+ if osp.isdir(abspath):
+ return abspath
+
+
def find_program(basename):
@@ -46,6 +58,14 @@
path = find_program(name)
if not path:
raise RuntimeError("Program %s was not found" % name)
+ if path in ["C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Git", "C:\\Program Files\\Git"]:
+ path = osp.join(path, "bin", "sh.exe")
+ sh_args = ['--login', '-c']
+ # git gui or gitk
+ if args:
+ args = sh_args + ['git gui']
+ else:
+ args = sh_args + ['gitk']
subprocess.Popen([path]+args, cwd=cwd)
