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.