Re: [msysGit] Git for Windows 1.6.4

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Jul 29, 2009, 22:20 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0907300018451.8306@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>
In-Reply-To: <46d6db660907291503o6979ef9fvbef5d25fa4318e37@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

On Thu, 30 Jul 2009, Christian MICHON wrote:

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> On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 11:40 PM, Johannes
> Schindelin<Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> >
> > this mail informs you that Git for Windows 1.6.4 is out.  It is less 
> > well tested than the previous versions, mainly because I was busy with 
> > other things and asked for help with testing on the msysGit mailing 
> > list and I am very impatient.
> 
> I'm still too busy, but since I saw your email arriving live and I've
> Vista here, I kept some minutes for you :)
> 
> >
> > Git Release Notes (Git-1.6.4-preview20090729)
> > Last update: 29 July 2009
> >
> 
> bad news: here the installation complains around the end (all default answers)

Uh oh.

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> "Could not set CR/LF behavior: core.autoCRLF true"
> 
> Using git gui works, calling gitk from it works.
> But git bash initiates a shell complaining:
> 
> ====================================================================
> -------------------------------------------------------
> Building and Installing Git
> -------------------------------------------------------
> sh.exe": cd: /git: No such file or directory

Ah, you are not installing Git for Windows, but msysGit.

Now the question is if full or net.

I will not guess, especially since I am dead tired after that hour it always takes to make a new release.

> Apparently, git binaries are not in the path. I'll check on a winXP
> and win2003 environments asap.

Pff.

I think it is the lack of libcrypto.dll and libssl.dll. And now I know you used the net installer.

As I said, would have been nice to be precise.

Ciao, Dscho