Re: Bootstraper for Git Dev Environment for Windows (Light version)

[Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>]

Hi,

On Sun, 5 Aug 2007, Dmitry Kakurin wrote:

> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Johannes Schindelin"
> <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
> 
> 
> > - How about calling your package msysGit-netInstall-<version>.exe?
> No problem. Feel free to reupload it with a different name.

I'll do so later... When it has to change.

> >   mingw.git as well...  Still, on dial-up, 40MB or 60MB makes a 
> > difference, no?
>
> Sorry, I didn't have dialup for years so I don't take it into 
> consideration. Still 60MB is not that dialup unfriendly.

Okay.

> > - There is one big caveat with your bootstrapper: things have been 
> > known to break, and I think msysgit.git is no exception.  So I'd like 
> > to have a fallback in case things go awry, also to have something that 
> > is tested (for example, Mike tested msysGit-0.4.exe before releasing 
> > it).  Of course, we could solve that issue by branching off of the 
> > last release tag.
>
> That, or better yet always maintain master branch in a working 
> condition. Seriously. If it (VERY rarely) breaks we'll just revert the 
> offending checkin to bring it back in shape. Where I come from, 'main' 
> or 'master' should ALWAYS be functional.

Okay, let's try to be anal then.

> > - AFAICT it is possible to make nicer installers with 7-Zip, and also
>
> I have no preference here. I just use what I know (WinRAR). If you feel 
> strongly about 7zip (which I can see you do for some reason :-) feel 
> free to repackage it.

Yeah ;-)  I like it because it is Open Source... and easily scriptable.  
Even if you want to make a graphical installer.

> > - I wanted to hold off a little, until Hannes can apply the fix-up 
> > patch we need in mingw.git.  Because when he does, your bootstrap will 
> > run into problems...
>
> Not sure why...

Neither am I anymore.

What would you say about this idea:

- upload a branch "mingw-devel" to msysgit.git, which is identical to 
  mingw.git's devel, plus our patches.

- convert /git to a submodule, fetching from msysgit.git's mingw-devel 
  branch.

- adjust /etc/profile for the changes.

- make a new net installer and upload it.

- But keep doing some full releases in the meantime, which do not clone 
  anything, but rather initialise /git/.git so that people can send in 
  patches?

> > It would be nice to have insight in how you went about to identify 
> > what is needed?
>
> Well, I've set path to a single directory (C:\GitMe\bin), copies over 
> bash and git-clone and started running it until it worked. Which 
> happened surprisingly fast.

Ah, thanks.  Valuable work, this.

Ciao,
Dscho