Merge https://github.com/prati0100/git-gui

* https://github.com/prati0100/git-gui:
  git-gui - use mkshortcut on Cygwin
  git-gui - use cygstart to browse on Cygwin
  git-gui - remove obsolete Cygwin specific code
  git gui Makefile - remove Cygwin modifications
  Makefiles: change search through $(MAKEFLAGS) for GNU make 4.4
  Work around Tcl's default `PATH` lookup
  Move the `_which` function (almost) to the top
  Move is_<platform> functions to the beginning
  is_Cygwin: avoid `exec`ing anything
  windows: ignore empty `PATH` elements
  git-gui: Fix a typo in README

Author: gitster

git-gui/Makefile

@@ -138,25 +138,10 @@ GITGUI_SCRIPT   := $$0
 GITGUI_RELATIVE :=
 GITGUI_MACOSXAPP :=
 
-ifeq ($(uname_O),Cygwin)
-	GITGUI_SCRIPT := `cygpath --windows --absolute "$(GITGUI_SCRIPT)"`
-
-	# Is this a Cygwin Tcl/Tk binary?  If so it knows how to do
-	# POSIX path translation just like cygpath does and we must
-	# keep libdir in POSIX format so Cygwin packages of git-gui
-	# work no matter where the user installs them.
-	#
-	ifeq ($(shell echo 'puts [file normalize /]' | '$(TCL_PATH_SQ)'),$(shell cygpath --mixed --absolute /))
-		gg_libdir_sed_in := $(gg_libdir)
-	else
-		gg_libdir_sed_in := $(shell cygpath --windows --absolute "$(gg_libdir)")
-	endif
-else
-	ifeq ($(exedir),$(gg_libdir))
-		GITGUI_RELATIVE := 1
-	endif
-	gg_libdir_sed_in := $(gg_libdir)
+ifeq ($(exedir),$(gg_libdir))
+	GITGUI_RELATIVE := 1
 endif
+gg_libdir_sed_in := $(gg_libdir)
 ifeq ($(uname_S),Darwin)
 	ifeq ($(shell test -d $(TKFRAMEWORK) && echo y),y)
 		GITGUI_MACOSXAPP := YesPlease

git-gui/README.md

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ that you first use `git-format-patch` to generate the emails, audit them, and
 then send them via `git-send-email`.
 
 A pretty good guide to configuring and using `git-send-email` can be found
-[here](https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/HowToUseGitSendEmail/)
+[here](https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PulseAudio/HowToUseGitSendEmail/).
 
 ### Using your email client