# Re: [msysGit] Re: Git Inno Setup based installer

1 messages from 2007-10-06 to 2007-10-06. Participants: Steffen Prohaska.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/10175

## Steffen Prohaska, 2007-10-06 22:15

Subject: Re: [msysGit] Re: Git Inno Setup based installer
Message-ID: <461A17DA-91D5-4F17-BD61-0C2840CE0E32@zib.de>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/461A17DA-91D5-4F17-BD61-0C2840CE0E32%40zib.de
In-Reply-To: <1191682524.589150.297160@22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com>

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Dear Kirill,
Thanks for your feedback. I very much appreciate any comments on the
installer. They all help to improve our work.


On Oct 6, 2007, at 4:55 PM, Kirill wrote:
> Great! Thanks to you I finally got git-1.5.3 that works on Windows (at
> least locally)! Appreciated!

good to hear.


> Now, didn't you ask for a feedback? :)
>
> I. Each time I start git-gui it tells me that:
> Git version cannot be determined.
> C:/wingit/bin/git.exe claims it is version '1.5.3.mingw.1.99.ga821'.
> Git Gui requires at least Git 1.5.0 or later.
> Assume '1.5.3.mingw.1.99.ga821' is version 1.5.0?
>
> Before I try to hunt it down, is it an easy fix?

It is easy to fixed and I already have a patch in the pipeline.
I know it's a bit annoying but it's not really a critical issue.
Therefore I'll not create a new installer right away.


> II. I noticed that in the latest version of Git Gui then Branch menu
> does not have items to quickly switch to another branch (basically
> items, named after branches). Is it very hard to get them back?
>
> I did not report it earlier because all my previous attempts to get
> fully working version failed.

Note, I'm currently focusing on the Windows installer, while git-gui
is a project of it's own. Git gui is not specific to Windows but a
cross platform tool that runs on Unix as well. git-gui is part of the
official git repository. I just take what git-gui offers and pack it
into the installer. Most of the real work was done by Shawn O. Pearce.

The right platform for discussing git-gui specific issues is the
official git mailing list (not the msysgit list). I added the list
in CC. I can't comment on this issue in detail because I'm not using
Git Gui that frequently. Maybe someone else from the git mailing list
has a comment?



> III. Also, I was pleasantly surprised that git-gui is localized to
> Russian (probably among many other languages). However, the above
> message is missing from localization. So on Russian system I got an
> empty message, asking Yes or No. Is it easy to fix too? If you want
> real Russian there, here you are:
> Не могу определить версию Git.
> Версия C:/wingit/bin/git.exe: '1.5.3.mingw.1.99.ga821'.
> Git Gui требует как минимум Git 1.5.0.
> Считать '1.5.3.mingw.1.99.ga821' версией 1.5.0?

I know about the localization efforts but I did not closely follow
them. All the cedits go to people on the git mailing list who worked
on the localization.

Maybe someone could pick up your suggestion and prepare a patch for
git-gui? Personally, I don't know how to do this.

	Steffen

> On Oct 5, 3:30 pm, Steffen wrote:
>
>> I also created an installer, which you can find at
>>
>> http://www.zib.de/prohaska/2007/git/Git-1.5.3-preview20071005.exe
>>
>> The installer contains the branches devel merged with
>> steffen/shawn-git-gui.

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