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Desktop file incorrectly associates GitKraken with plaintext files.

Open Pyroglyph opened this issue 7 months ago • 2 comments

This line in the desktop file registers GitKraken as an application that is able to open plaintext files, which it is not.

On my system, this causes file managers to attempt to open text files with GitKraken instead of my text editor, which doesn't work.

This line should be removed, as GitKraken is not able to open text files.

Pyroglyph avatar May 14 '25 12:05 Pyroglyph

Maybe we can switch to directory to match behavior on windows

GeoZac avatar May 14 '25 13:05 GeoZac

This line is also in the official .deb package of GitKraken.

In general, I don't have a strong opinion for keeping or removing this line.

Azd325 avatar May 14 '25 13:05 Azd325

I use GK on EndeavourOS and Gnome tries to open text files for me too. If I recall when I have tried on Ubuntu using the official .deb package it does the same so it's my belief that it most likely should be changed. I'll put in a MR to make the change. Accept it if you want 😄

thenexxuz avatar Jul 09 '25 21:07 thenexxuz

Closed with https://github.com/Azd325/gitkraken/pull/267

Azd325 avatar Jul 10 '25 17:07 Azd325