Re: Wiki "CygwinBinaryInstall" missing

[Daniele Segato <daniele.bilug@gmail.com>]

Il giorno lun, 16/08/2010 alle 18.55 +0800, Tay Ray Chuan ha scritto:
> Not to sure - the page was probably lost during the migration to the
> new MediaWiki setup.

I see

> If you get the time, you can just re-create the page with the
> instructions to install git on cygwin.

I'm not the right person for the job, I don't use windows and I never
installed git on cygwin nor I plan to do so (since I'll had to plan to
install windows first)

> IIRC, the usual way to get cygwin packages is to use the cygwin installer.

I thought that, but what about common configurations or specific hints
on specific version of Windows people are going to install it?

> Alternatively, you can also compile it from the source - I've been
> doing that for some time now, albeit with some features disabled (eg.
> gitk).

I've found a link on the web that speak about that
the really missing information is the less technical installation you
were talking about before.

http://techblogging.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/compiling-and-installing-git-on-windows-under-cygwin/

regards,
Daniele Segato