git gui locks-up system when invoked under wayland session (sometimes)

[Martin van Es <martin@mrvanes.com>]

What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your issue)
Use Wayland
start "git gui"

What did you expect to happen? (Expected behavior)
The Graphical Git user interface 

What happened instead? (Actual behavior)
System completely locks up

What's different between what you expected and what actually happened?
The locked up system

Anything else you want to add:
The problem is intermittant, but when it happens, it's a really bad lock-up 
that can only be resolved with a cold reset

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[System Info]
git version 2.39.2
cpu: x86_64
no commit associated with this build
sizeof-long: 8
sizeof-size_t: 8
shell-path: /bin/sh
uname: Linux 6.4.0 #1 SMP Mon Jun 26 22:05:37 CEST 2023 x86_64
compiler info: gnuc: 12.2
libc info: glibc: 2.37
$SHELL (typically, interactive shell): /bin/bash


[Enabled Hooks]
not run from a git repository - no hooks to show