Re: Git versioning policy - PatchMyPC compatibility on Windows

From: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Date: Sep 14, 2019, 19:38 UTC
Message-ID: <20190914193825.GS11334@genre.crustytoothpaste.net>
In-Reply-To: <c760038f-7c50-73df-5187-a186868c995b@gmail.com>

On 2019-09-14 at 12:49:40, Audric GUERIN wrote:

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> Hi,
> 
> I use PatchMyPC to keep all my applications up to date on Windows but there
> is one application that is never properly detected as up to date... and it
> is Git as you guessed.
> 
> According to Justin Chalfant, Director of Engineering of PatchMyPC, Git
> version "number" / identifier is not "standard".
> https://patchmypc.com/forum/index.php?topic=3032.msg8211#msg8211
> 
> PatchMyPC seems not to like that:
> Git version identifier = version number + platform specific identifier
> 
> command "git version" currently returns:
> git version 2.23.0.windows.1

This is the version number of Git for Windows. This is a version of Git developed by the Git for Windows project which contains additional patches designed to make it work better on Windows than standard Git (although it will also work on other platforms as well).

The Git project itself doesn't provide binaries; various other people (such as Linux distros and Git for Windows) provide binaries for their particular platforms.

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> git executables (like git-cmd.exe for instance) displays this "File version"
> on Windows:
> 2.23.0.1
> 
> What are your thoughts? And can you answer to Justin Chalfant on PatchMyPC
> forum?

Since this is a custom build, you'd be better off reaching out to the Git for Windows project at https://github.com/git-for-windows/git. They can help you figure out the best way forward.

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