# Windows release

3 messages from 2009-02-03 to 2009-02-03. Participants: John Dlugosz, Steven Noonan, Geoffrey Lee.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/17533

## John Dlugosz, 2009-02-03 16:21

Subject: Windows release
Message-ID: <450196A1AAAE4B42A00A8B27A59278E70977F81A@EXCHANGE.trad.tradestation.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/450196A1AAAE4B42A00A8B27A59278E70977F81A%40EXCHANGE.trad.tradestation.com

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I want to update my git installation to the latest stable version, and
I'm running Windows.  In your download page
<http://git-scm.com/download> the link next to Cygwin is
<http://www.cygwin.com/setup.exe> which would seem to be the installer
for Cygwin itself, not for the Cygwin version of the git executables.

Am I missing something here?

--John

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## Steven Noonan, 2009-02-03 16:42

Subject: Re: Windows release
Message-ID: <f488382f0902030842x6e7466ffm4668abde23e67bea@mail.gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/f488382f0902030842x6e7466ffm4668abde23e67bea%40mail.gmail.com
In-Reply-To: <450196A1AAAE4B42A00A8B27A59278E70977F81A@EXCHANGE.trad.tradestation.com>

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On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 8:21 AM, John Dlugosz <JDlugosz@tradestation.com> wrote:
> I want to update my git installation to the latest stable version, and
> I'm running Windows.  In your download page
> <http://git-scm.com/download> the link next to Cygwin is
> <http://www.cygwin.com/setup.exe> which would seem to be the installer
> for Cygwin itself, not for the Cygwin version of the git executables.
>
> Am I missing something here?
>
> --John

Cygwin doesn't have a binary package system (i.e. rpm, deb, etc), so
you either have to run the Cygwin installer to get the latest one they
support or compile it yourself via Cygwin.

- Steven

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## Geoffrey Lee, 2009-02-03 16:51

Subject: Re: Windows release
Message-ID: <83d7aaa40902030851l1ddec73fv4f054ef939a8936@mail.gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/83d7aaa40902030851l1ddec73fv4f054ef939a8936%40mail.gmail.com
In-Reply-To: <f488382f0902030842x6e7466ffm4668abde23e67bea@mail.gmail.com>

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On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 8:42 AM, Steven Noonan <steven@uplinklabs.net> wrote:
>> I want to update my git installation to the latest stable version, and
>> I'm running Windows.  In your download page
>> <http://git-scm.com/download> the link next to Cygwin is
>> <http://www.cygwin.com/setup.exe> which would seem to be the installer
>> for Cygwin itself, not for the Cygwin version of the git executables.
>>
>> Am I missing something here?
>>
>> --John
>
> Cygwin doesn't have a binary package system (i.e. rpm, deb, etc), so
> you either have to run the Cygwin installer to get the latest one they
> support or compile it yourself via Cygwin.
>
> - Steven

There is also msysGit if you don't want to deal with Cygwin.
http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/

-Geoffrey Lee

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