From: Erik Faye-Lund <kusmabite@googlemail.com>
To: John Dlugosz <JDlugosz@tradestation.com>
Cc: "git@vger.kernel.org" <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Running git on Windows command line
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:04:34 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTil69VdTLldEcInFcYLwcStFnEEkoBCAWS1kd-S6@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1A9EA7E081C3FE46A0F446FFB66D10EB939DAC@FL01EXMB01.trad.tradestation.com>
On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 10:55 PM, John Dlugosz
<JDlugosz@tradestation.com> wrote:
>> It sounds to me like you've installed indeed Git for Windows (which is
>> the end-user product from the msysGit-project); the msysGit installers
>> doesn't show a wizard with questions, it just installs a
>> self-contained development environment.
>>
>> You can tell the packages apart by the name:
>> * Git-something.exe and PortableGit-something.exe are installers for
>> Git for Windows.
>> * msysGit-netinstall-something.exe and
>> msysGit-fullinstall-something.exe are installers for msysGit, the
>> development environment used to develop Git for Windows.
>>
>> I hope this clears up a bit.
>>
>> --
>> Erik "kusma" Faye-Lund
>
> OK, "Git-1.7.0.2-preview20100309.exe" installed something that identifies itself as "git version 1.7.0.2.msysgit.0"
>
> The web page is identified as "msysgit" with "git for windows" in small type under it, which I take to be a descriptive statement, not a product name also. The downloads call them "Full installer for official Git" (what I used) and "...if you want to hack on Git".
>
> The usage on this mailing list has always been "msysgit" as this windows variant git, as opposed to the Cygwin build. Mentioning that is necessary for accurate help. I mentioned msysgit as the keyword necessary when asking for help, not to mean I installed the development source.
I'm aware of all this, but I don't think you're hearing me: the reason
why the behavior has changed for you is very likely to be you having
switched package. Yes, the naming is confusing.
--
Erik "kusma" Faye-Lund
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-07-22 21:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-07-22 16:31 Running git on Windows command line John Dlugosz
2010-07-22 18:38 ` Erik Faye-Lund
2010-07-22 20:02 ` John Dlugosz
2010-07-22 20:41 ` Erik Faye-Lund
2010-07-22 20:55 ` John Dlugosz
2010-07-22 21:04 ` Erik Faye-Lund [this message]
2010-07-22 22:32 ` John Dlugosz
2010-07-22 23:00 ` Erik Faye-Lund
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