RE: Running git on Windows command line
> 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.
--John
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