Default to current working directory when opening Gitte from the command line #179

pieq commented 2026年07月08日 11:45:52 +02:00

Hello!

When running Gitte from the command line, it takes a path argument to open Gitte with the git repo at the given path. If no path argument is passed, Gitte opens its default window where you can select a project. It would be nice if it could open the Git project under the current working directory when called from the command line.

This way, running

$ gitte

would be equivalent to

$ gitte .

to quickly start working in the project we're already in.

Hello! When running Gitte from the command line, it takes a `path` argument to open Gitte with the git repo at the given path. If no `path` argument is passed, Gitte opens its default window where you can select a project. It would be nice if it could open the Git project under the current working directory when called from the command line. This way, running ``` $ gitte ``` would be equivalent to ``` $ gitte . ``` to quickly start working in the project we're already in.

dehesselle commented 2026年07月08日 18:49:59 +02:00

Wouldn't it be easier that you define a shell function that does that for you?

Currently I can start gitte from anywhere within the filesystem without errors. Now start gitte . when you're not inside a Git repository and you'll get an error. I don't want that as default behavior.

Wouldn't it be easier that you define a shell function that does that for you? Currently I can start `gitte` from anywhere within the filesystem without errors. Now start `gitte .` when you're not inside a Git repository and you'll get an error. I don't want that as default behavior.

pieq commented 2026年07月09日 10:05:16 +02:00

The idea was to probe first to see if cwd was indeed a git repo. If it is, open it in gitte, if it's not, open the default screen.

I guess I can create an alias, indeed, but since git cola is handling that (if you type git cola in a dir without a git repo, it opens the default screen as well), I thought it would be interesting to have this feature in gitte as well.

The idea was to probe first to see if cwd was indeed a git repo. If it is, open it in gitte, if it's not, open the default screen. I guess I can create an alias, indeed, but since git cola is handling that (if you type `git cola` in a dir without a git repo, it opens the default screen as well), I thought it would be interesting to have this feature in gitte as well.