Re: [msysGit] Git for Windows 1.6.4

[Christian MICHON <christian.michon@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 12:20 AM, Johannes
Schindelin<Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, 30 Jul 2009, Christian MICHON wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 11:40 PM, Johannes
>> Schindelin<Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
>> >
>> > this mail informs you that Git for Windows 1.6.4 is out.  It is less
>> > well tested than the previous versions, mainly because I was busy with
>> > other things and asked for help with testing on the msysGit mailing
>> > list and I am very impatient.
>>
>> I'm still too busy, but since I saw your email arriving live and I've
>> Vista here, I kept some minutes for you :)
>>
>> >
>> > Git Release Notes (Git-1.6.4-preview20090729)
>> > Last update: 29 July 2009
>> >
>>
>> bad news: here the installation complains around the end (all default answers)
>
> Uh oh.
>
>> "Could not set CR/LF behavior: core.autoCRLF true"
>>
>> Using git gui works, calling gitk from it works.
>> But git bash initiates a shell complaining:
>>
>> ====================================================================
>> -------------------------------------------------------
>> Building and Installing Git
>> -------------------------------------------------------
>> sh.exe": cd: /git: No such file or directory
>
> Ah, you are not installing Git for Windows, but msysGit.

I'm installing http://msysgit.googlecode.com/files/Git-1.6.4-preview20090729.exe:
I should have been more accurate. But each time I reported on this
package, it was on the preview.

> Now the question is if full or net.

I believe it's preview, not full, not net. My download size is 11.3MB
and the md5sum is 16F1AB9CBFB75553DC19C3B17BB96C57

>
> I will not guess, especially since I am dead tired after that hour it
> always takes to make a new release.

I believe we're both on CET :)

>
>> Apparently, git binaries are not in the path. I'll check on a winXP
>> and win2003 environments asap.
>
> Pff.
>
> I think it is the lack of libcrypto.dll and libssl.dll.  And now I know
> you used the net installer.

no, I did not use the net install, nor the full install. I can see
from the wiki the net installer is a 1.8MB download.

??? libcrypto and libssl *are* in the package preview...

It's actually quite funny, but I guess I've seen it all on Windows:
all the binaries are here with their libraries until the setup
complains about core.autoCRLF. After this stage, git.exe gets
deleted... And it's not a virus triggering this (I checked).

I managed to quickly copy it before it got erased, and manually added
it back after the setup completes. It works.

I'll not try the full install; at least from my point of view, it's a
regression on the *preview* package, which I'm using on a daily basis.

>
> As I said, would have been nice to be precise.
>

let me know if it's not yet clear enough: I'm tired too, almost 1am :)

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Christian
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