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Re: Windows release

From
Geoffrey Lee <geoffreyj.lee@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 3, 2009, 16:51 UTC
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On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 8:42 AM, Steven Noonan <steven@uplinklabs.net> wrote:
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>> I want to update my git installation to the latest stable version, and
>> I'm running Windows.  In your download page
>> <http://git-scm.com/download> the link next to Cygwin is
>> <http://www.cygwin.com/setup.exe> which would seem to be the installer
>> for Cygwin itself, not for the Cygwin version of the git executables.
>>
>> Am I missing something here?
>>
>> --John
>
> Cygwin doesn't have a binary package system (i.e. rpm, deb, etc), so
> you either have to run the Cygwin installer to get the latest one they
> support or compile it yourself via Cygwin.
>
> - Steven

There is also msysGit if you don't want to deal with Cygwin. http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/

-Geoffrey Lee
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  1. John DlugoszFeb 3, 2009
  2. Steven NoonanFeb 3, 2009
  3. Geoffrey LeeFeb 3, 2009

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