From: Erik Faye-Lund Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:04:34 GMT Subject: Re: Running git on Windows command line Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <1A9EA7E081C3FE46A0F446FFB66D10EB939DAC@FL01EXMB01.trad.tradestation.com> On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 10:55 PM, John Dlugosz wrote: >> 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. I'm aware of all this, but I don't think you're hearing me: the reason why the behavior has changed for you is very likely to be you having switched package. Yes, the naming is confusing. -- Erik "kusma" Faye-Lund