+catch {
+ # follow the XDG base directory specification by default. See
+ # http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html
+ if {[info exists env(XDG_CONFIG_HOME)] && $env(XDG_CONFIG_HOME) ne ""} {
+ # XDG_CONFIG_HOME environment variable is set
+ set config_file [file join $env(XDG_CONFIG_HOME) git gitk]
+ set config_file_tmp [file join $env(XDG_CONFIG_HOME) git gitk-tmp]
+ } else {
+ # default XDG_CONFIG_HOME
+ set config_file "~/.config/git/gitk"
+ set config_file_tmp "~/.config/git/gitk-tmp"
+ }
+ if {![file exists $config_file]} {
+ # for backward compatibility use the old config file if it exists
+ if {[file exists "~/.gitk"]} {
+ set config_file "~/.gitk"
+ set config_file_tmp "~/.gitk-tmp"
+ } elseif {![file exists [file dirname $config_file]]} {
+ file mkdir [file dirname $config_file]
+ }
+ }
+ source $config_file
+}