Re: Windows support
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Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
- Date
- Jul 25, 2007, 12:13 UTC
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On 7/25/07, Dmitry Kakurin <dmitry.kakurin@gmail.com> wrote:
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> How serious are you guys about Windows support? > I'm talking fully-functional port, not Cygwin. > I did a lot of searching for a new SCM to switch to (from Perforce). > And Git is my #1 choice. I love it's internals design and it's > expressive power. I've also tested git-p4 and it has worked like a > charm with my depot (with few tweaks that I may contribute later). > But I do all my work on Windows so I need Git-For-Windows-Done-Right :-). > The current mingw port is not there yet.
What features is mingw port missing?
> Transition to the new SCM must happen now, so basically I have 2 choices: > 1. Survive for a few months with the current CygWin port of Git > knowing that Windows support is coming
FYI, I'm working on getting rid of msys requirement from mingw port. I can't tell you how long it would take though. Could be one month or two.
-- Duy