From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Han-Wen Nienhuys Subject: Re: MinGW binary installer available Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 16:08:04 +0100 Message-ID: <45C9EB54.3040406@xs4all.nl> References: <45C9E470.7030609@xs4all.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Jan Nieuwenhuizen To: Johannes Schindelin X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Feb 07 16:08:13 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HEoP4-0004Z7-0w for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Wed, 07 Feb 2007 16:08:10 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161353AbXBGPIG (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Feb 2007 10:08:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161355AbXBGPIG (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Feb 2007 10:08:06 -0500 Received: from smtp-vbr7.xs4all.nl ([194.109.24.27]:4036 "EHLO smtp-vbr7.xs4all.nl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161353AbXBGPIF (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Feb 2007 10:08:05 -0500 Received: from [192.168.123.187] (muurbloem.xs4all.nl [213.84.26.127]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp-vbr7.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l17F7rav078567 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 7 Feb 2007 16:07:53 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from hanwen@xs4all.nl) User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20070130) In-Reply-To: X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Johannes Schindelin escreveu: >> I don't actually have a windows copy, so it's basically untested. >> However, I did succeed in running rev-list in wine. > > I played a little with it. IMHO it makes no sense to use it without a > bash, and without less. For example, > > $ git init > $ git add git.exe > $ git status > $ git commit -a -m initial > $ git show HEAD > > do not produce any output when issued in cmd. > > Also, many scripts rely on bash and/or perl, so you'd have to include > them, too. Indeed: for now, this is intended for people clueful enough to install bash and perl on their own. Adding bash itself should be easy, but I have no idea how to make cmd open the scripts with bash automatically. The thought of x-compiling perl makes me shudder. -- Han-Wen Nienhuys - hanwen@xs4all.nl - http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanwen