RE: msysgit, was Request for comments: prettify snippets page

[Trevor Daniels]

Valentin Villenave 28 December 2007 21:57
> 
> 2007/12/28, Graham Percival <address@hidden>:
> 
> > > > 1)  Could you write up detailed 
> explanations of this msysgit
> > > > thing?  Trevor might be interested.
> > >
Yes, I am.  I installed WinGit, but it conked out
tried to load up the documentation branches.  As
Graham was so helpful in generating diffs for me
I didn't pursue it further.  I reckoned my time
was better spent in writing docs than debugging
WinGit.  Maybe msysgit is better?

> > > Oh, yes; btw maybe this would be worth 
> mentioning in the AU in 1.2.1?
> >
> > Maybe.  Is this the only way to get git stuff 
> in windows?  Is
> > there a cygwin port or something?
> 
> The first rule a Windows user should be taught is 
> "do NOT use cygwin".

I'd already subscribed to that :)

> I did manage to run git on cygwin, but it's a 
> hell of a no-go. Cygwin
> is completely deprecated, whereas MinGW seems to 
> somehow keep up.
> 
> The msysGit is a really nice Windows app, with a 
> GUI, an installer,
> and above all a real, native, working git system. 
> Plus it installs
> everything you need to use bash commands, diff tools etc.
> 
Sounds good!  I'm not going to be around this weekend,
though, so I can't investigate just now, and you may 
not hear from me again until Monday.  But I am 
interested and I will pursue it then.

> Regards,
> Valentin
> 
Trevor D