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...)
>
TL;DR I updated the patch (_r2) with a check to see if msysgit is already
in the path, which is probably a good idea. it is attached.
here is the patch text:
--- scm.orig Sat Jan 5 06:31:28 2013
+++ scm.py Tue Apr 2 10:22:35 2013
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
"""SCM utilities"""
+import os
import os.path as osp
# Local imports
@@ -22,8 +23,10 @@
('hgtk', ['log']) )
),
'.git': dict(name="git",
- commit=( ('git', ['gui']), ),
- browse=( ('gitk', []), )
+ commit=( ('git', ['gui']),
+ ('sh', ['--login', '-c', 'git gui']), ),
+ browse=( ('gitk', []),
+ ('sh', ['--login', '-c', 'gitk']) )
),
}
@@ -59,10 +62,29 @@
Supported SCM tools: 'commit', 'browse'
Return False if the SCM tool is not installed"""
infos = get_scm_infos(get_scm_root(path))
+ # if git and windows, then check for msysgit and add to path
+ if infos['name'] == 'git' and os.name == 'nt':
+ if os.environ["PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE"] == "AMD64":
+ programfiles = "%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%"
+ else:
+ programfiles = "%PROGRAMFILES%"
+ programfiles = osp.expandvars(programfiles)
+ git_bin_path = osp.join(programfiles, 'Git', 'bin')
+ windows_path = os.environ['PATH']
+ if git_bin_path.lower() not in
windows_path.lower().split(os.pathsep):
+ os.environ['PATH'] = os.pathsep.join([windows_path,
git_bin_path])
for name, args in infos[tool]:
if programs.find_program(name):
- programs.run_program(name, args, cwd=path)
- return
+ try:
+ programs.run_program(name, args, cwd=path)
+ except WindowsError as windows_error:
+ if windows_error.winerror == 193:
+ # [Error 193] %1 is not a valid Win32 application
+ continue
+ else:
+ raise windows_error
+ else:
+ return
else:
raise RuntimeError(_("Please install the %s tool named '%s'")
% (infos['name'], name))
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--- scm.orig Sat Jan 5 06:31:28 2013
+++ scm.py Tue Apr 2 10:22:35 2013
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
"""SCM utilities"""
+import os
import os.path as osp
# Local imports
@@ -22,8 +23,10 @@
('hgtk', ['log']) )
),
'.git': dict(name="git",
- commit=( ('git', ['gui']), ),
- browse=( ('gitk', []), )
+ commit=( ('git', ['gui']),
+ ('sh', ['--login', '-c', 'git gui']), ),
+ browse=( ('gitk', []),
+ ('sh', ['--login', '-c', 'gitk']) )
),
}
@@ -59,10 +62,29 @@
Supported SCM tools: 'commit', 'browse'
Return False if the SCM tool is not installed"""
infos = get_scm_infos(get_scm_root(path))
+ # if git and windows, then check for msysgit and add to path
+ if infos['name'] == 'git' and os.name == 'nt':
+ if os.environ["PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE"] == "AMD64":
+ programfiles = "%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%"
+ else:
+ programfiles = "%PROGRAMFILES%"
+ programfiles = osp.expandvars(programfiles)
+ git_bin_path = osp.join(programfiles, 'Git', 'bin')
+ windows_path = os.environ['PATH']
+ if git_bin_path.lower() not in windows_path.lower().split(os.pathsep):
+ os.environ['PATH'] = os.pathsep.join([windows_path, git_bin_path])
for name, args in infos[tool]:
if programs.find_program(name):
- programs.run_program(name, args, cwd=path)
- return
+ try:
+ programs.run_program(name, args, cwd=path)
+ except WindowsError as windows_error:
+ if windows_error.winerror == 193:
+ # [Error 193] %1 is not a valid Win32 application
+ continue
+ else:
+ raise windows_error
+ else:
+ return
else:
raise RuntimeError(_("Please install the %s tool named '%s'")
% (infos['name'], name))
