# MinGW port of git downloadable from anywhere?

2 messages from 2007-04-10 to 2007-04-11. Participants: H. Peter Anvin, Johannes Sixt.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/7606

## H. Peter Anvin, 2007-04-10 22:51

Subject: MinGW port of git downloadable from anywhere?
Message-ID: <461C14D6.8080904@zytor.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/461C14D6.8080904%40zytor.com

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Hi,

Just wondering if there is a canonical place to download the MinGW port 
of git for non-git users... ideally precompiled, since a lot of Windows 
users probably won't have MinGW installed?  Or is the port too fragile 
for that, still?

	-hpa

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## Johannes Sixt, 2007-04-11 06:35

Subject: Re: MinGW port of git downloadable from anywhere?
Message-ID: <461C81AC.68B64068@eudaptics.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/461C81AC.68B64068%40eudaptics.com
In-Reply-To: <461C14D6.8080904@zytor.com>

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"H. Peter Anvin" wrote:
> Just wondering if there is a canonical place to download the MinGW port
> of git for non-git users... ideally precompiled, since a lot of Windows
> users probably won't have MinGW installed?  Or is the port too fragile
> for that, still?

There is no such place, yet. Some work is still that makes the toolset
relocatable (i.e. independent of the prefix) - currently, the
installation location is compiled into the binaries, which is a big
no-no on Windows.

But I can't say that the port is fragile; I use it daily in a production
environment.

-- Hannes

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