Re: Wiki "CygwinBinaryInstall" missing

From: Tay Ray Chuan <rctay89@gmail.com>
Date: Aug 16, 2010, 10:55 UTC
Message-ID: <AANLkTing0yxhzvMwOsYi5j1-u4VXN=1Wg04Ebbhi4JD7@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikDBW5jUu4MYOEL-TEkD6t4jC-Wthsmbk=hGc55@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 4:49 PM, Daniele Segato <daniele.bilug@gmail.com> wrote:

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> Hi,
>
> I asked a collegue to install git on cygwin instead of using msysgit.
>
> I wanted to pass him a link with documentation on how to do it so I
> followed a link in the wiki from
> https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Installation
>
> for instance this link:
> https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/CygwinBinaryInstall
>
> which is missing in the wiki.
>
> I've found reference of people using it around the web, for example:
> http://rip747.wordpress.com/2008/06/24/help-git-on-cygwin-not-working/
>
> here someone is saying he followed the official guide (which point to
> that link).
>
> Is the CygwinBinaryInstall page been moved or deleted?
>
> In the first case: the link should be updated and, where is it?
>
> in the second case: why?

Not to sure - the page was probably lost during the migration to the new MediaWiki setup.

If you get the time, you can just re-create the page with the instructions to install git on cygwin.

IIRC, the usual way to get cygwin packages is to use the cygwin installer.

Alternatively, you can also compile it from the source - I've been doing that for some time now, albeit with some features disabled (eg. gitk).

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Cheers,
Ray Chuan