Re: [msysGit] Re: Git Inno Setup based installer
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Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@zib.de>
- Date
- Oct 6, 2007, 22:15 UTC
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- <461A17DA-91D5-4F17-BD61-0C2840CE0E32@zib.de>
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- <1191682524.589150.297160@22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com>
Dear Kirill, Thanks for your feedback. I very much appreciate any comments on the installer. They all help to improve our work.
On Oct 6, 2007, at 4:55 PM, Kirill wrote:
> Great! Thanks to you I finally got git-1.5.3 that works on Windows (at > least locally)! Appreciated!
good to hear.
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> Now, didn't you ask for a feedback? :) > > I. Each time I start git-gui it tells me that: > Git version cannot be determined. > C:/wingit/bin/git.exe claims it is version '1.5.3.mingw.1.99.ga821'. > Git Gui requires at least Git 1.5.0 or later. > Assume '1.5.3.mingw.1.99.ga821' is version 1.5.0? > > Before I try to hunt it down, is it an easy fix?
It is easy to fixed and I already have a patch in the pipeline. I know it's a bit annoying but it's not really a critical issue. Therefore I'll not create a new installer right away.
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> II. I noticed that in the latest version of Git Gui then Branch menu > does not have items to quickly switch to another branch (basically > items, named after branches). Is it very hard to get them back? > > I did not report it earlier because all my previous attempts to get > fully working version failed.
Note, I'm currently focusing on the Windows installer, while git-gui is a project of it's own. Git gui is not specific to Windows but a cross platform tool that runs on Unix as well. git-gui is part of the official git repository. I just take what git-gui offers and pack it into the installer. Most of the real work was done by Shawn O. Pearce.
The right platform for discussing git-gui specific issues is the official git mailing list (not the msysgit list). I added the list in CC. I can't comment on this issue in detail because I'm not using Git Gui that frequently. Maybe someone else from the git mailing list has a comment?
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> III. Also, I was pleasantly surprised that git-gui is localized to > Russian (probably among many other languages). However, the above > message is missing from localization. So on Russian system I got an > empty message, asking Yes or No. Is it easy to fix too? If you want > real Russian there, here you are: > Не могу определить версию Git. > Версия C:/wingit/bin/git.exe: '1.5.3.mingw.1.99.ga821'. > Git Gui требует как минимум Git 1.5.0. > Считать '1.5.3.mingw.1.99.ga821' версией 1.5.0?
I know about the localization efforts but I did not closely follow them. All the cedits go to people on the git mailing list who worked on the localization.
Maybe someone could pick up your suggestion and prepare a patch for git-gui? Personally, I don't know how to do this.
Steffen
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> On Oct 5, 3:30 pm, Steffen wrote: > >> I also created an installer, which you can find at >> >> http://www.zib.de/prohaska/2007/git/Git-1.5.3-preview20071005.exe >> >> The installer contains the branches devel merged with >> steffen/shawn-git-gui.