git gui and gitk not showing git icon in launcher

[Keith]

On 1/9/26 9:58 AM, Colin Law wrote:
> 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.
> 

The icon file is located here: /usr/share/git-gui/lib/git-gui.ico
As Robert said, just create a .desktop file and use the above location 
for the icon path. I think gnome can display .ico files in the dash. If 
not, you may have to convert it to a .png file.

-- 
Keith