{"thread":{"id":"17533","subject":"Windows release","startedAt":"2009-02-03T16:21:42Z","lastAt":"2009-02-03T16:51:04Z","messageCount":3,"participants":["John Dlugosz","Steven Noonan","Geoffrey Lee"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"102981","messageId":"450196A1AAAE4B42A00A8B27A59278E70977F81A@EXCHANGE.trad.tradestation.com","threadId":"17533","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"Windows release","fromName":"John Dlugosz","fromEmail":"jdlugosz@tradestation.com","sentAt":"2009-02-03T16:21:42Z","receivedAt":"2009-02-03T16:21:42Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"jdlugosz@tradestation.com","avatar":null},"body":"I want to update my git installation to the latest stable version, and\nI'm running Windows.  In your download page\n<http://git-scm.com/download> the link next to Cygwin is\n<http://www.cygwin.com/setup.exe> which would seem to be the installer\nfor Cygwin itself, not for the Cygwin version of the git executables.\n\nAm I missing something here?\n\n--John\n"},{"id":"102983","messageId":"f488382f0902030842x6e7466ffm4668abde23e67bea@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"17533","inReplyTo":"450196A1AAAE4B42A00A8B27A59278E70977F81A@EXCHANGE.trad.tradestation.com","subject":"Re: Windows release","fromName":"Steven Noonan","fromEmail":"steven@uplinklabs.net","sentAt":"2009-02-03T16:42:11Z","receivedAt":"2009-02-03T16:42:11Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"steven@uplinklabs.net","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/b0cd397a10638433f76e084531aa0af3bef85f8fdb59b1ebe2ddaf168cd100e9?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 8:21 AM, John Dlugosz <JDlugosz@tradestation.com> wrote:\n> I want to update my git installation to the latest stable version, and\n> I'm running Windows.  In your download page\n> <http://git-scm.com/download> the link next to Cygwin is\n> <http://www.cygwin.com/setup.exe> which would seem to be the installer\n> for Cygwin itself, not for the Cygwin version of the git executables.\n>\n> Am I missing something here?\n>\n> --John\n\nCygwin doesn't have a binary package system (i.e. rpm, deb, etc), so\nyou either have to run the Cygwin installer to get the latest one they\nsupport or compile it yourself via Cygwin.\n\n- Steven\n"},{"id":"102984","messageId":"83d7aaa40902030851l1ddec73fv4f054ef939a8936@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"17533","inReplyTo":"f488382f0902030842x6e7466ffm4668abde23e67bea@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: Windows release","fromName":"Geoffrey Lee","fromEmail":"geoffreyj.lee@gmail.com","sentAt":"2009-02-03T16:51:04Z","receivedAt":"2009-02-03T16:51:04Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"geoffreyj.lee@gmail.com","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/eda7290effb2fe936a54951db47d049adf71d6bd41b70c56dd9dedc8f3327c39?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 8:42 AM, Steven Noonan <steven@uplinklabs.net> wrote:\n>> I want to update my git installation to the latest stable version, and\n>> I'm running Windows.  In your download page\n>> <http://git-scm.com/download> the link next to Cygwin is\n>> <http://www.cygwin.com/setup.exe> which would seem to be the installer\n>> for Cygwin itself, not for the Cygwin version of the git executables.\n>>\n>> Am I missing something here?\n>>\n>> --John\n>\n> Cygwin doesn't have a binary package system (i.e. rpm, deb, etc), so\n> you either have to run the Cygwin installer to get the latest one they\n> support or compile it yourself via Cygwin.\n>\n> - Steven\n\nThere is also msysGit if you don't want to deal with Cygwin.\nhttp://code.google.com/p/msysgit/\n\n-Geoffrey Lee\n"}]}