Gitk is now maintained by Johannes Sixt and the repository can be
cloned from a new URL.
b59358100c20 (Update the official repo of
gitk, 2024-12-24) could have updated this instance in the manual,
too, but the opportunity was missed. Update it now. Do give credit
to Paul Mackerras as the inventor of the program.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
History
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-Gitk was the first graphical repository browser. It's written in
-tcl/tk.
+Gitk was the first graphical repository browser, written by
+Paul Mackerras in Tcl/Tk.
'gitk' is actually maintained as an independent project, but stable
versions are distributed as part of the Git suite for the convenience
of end users.
-gitk-git/ comes from Paul Mackerras's gitk project:
+`gitk-git/` comes from Johannes Sixt's gitk project:
- git://ozlabs.org/~paulus/gitk
+ https://github.com/j6t/gitk
SEE ALSO
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