Re: GIT on MinGW problem

From: Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@eudaptics.com>
Date: May 29, 2007, 14:13 UTC
Message-ID: <465C3502.BE134BC9@eudaptics.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0705291446170.4648@racer.site>

Johannes Schindelin wrote:

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> There are at least three different cmd.exe that _I_ encountered: NT4.0,
> 2000 and XP. All of them have different features. None of my scripts
> worked without _heavy_ workarounding on all of them.
> 
> But I think a .lnk file would be easier to create, and more portable,
> right?

If:

1. there is a .lnk file named gitk.lnk with target for example:

    D:\MSYS\1.0\mingw\bin\wish84.exe D:\MSYS\1.0\git\bin\gitk

2. you change PATHEXT to include '.LNK'.

then gitk can be invoked with varying arguments from CMD. I've tested this only on W2k. Point 2 looks hackish and dangerous to me.

-- Hannes

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