git gui and gitk not showing git icon in launcher

[Colin Law]

On Fri, 9 Jan 2026 at 15:50, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 9 Jan 2026 at 15:46, Tony Arnold <a.c.arnold at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I've just installed git-gui and run it from the command line using the
> > command 'git gui'. A window pops up with the repository information as
> > expected.
> >
> > I'm running Ubuntu 24.04 with the default gnome desktop and using
> > Wayland.
> >
> > You could try switching between Xorg and Wayland to see if that makes
> > any difference.
>
> It runs fine. When running it doesn't show a good icon in the
> launcher.  Do you see a git icon of some sort?
> I will try Wayland, but my graphics doesn't like it much.

I don't get an icon in Wayland either.

>
> Colin L.