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| author |  Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2013-05-14 15:14:11 -0400 |
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| committer | Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2013-05-14 15:14:11 -0400 |
| commit | ccb74be7a8d74e7c17571fd5cf6d66c1b8bda343 (patch) | |
| tree | b40d9232c97ca64772b3b3c780ab624c2f5167c1 | |
| parent | 9d5f62b2f93ca9cd83d9e620ac9e9c46960cdc5d (diff) | |
update
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/install/Windows.mdwn | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/todo/windows_support.mdwn | 4 |
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/install/Windows.mdwn b/doc/install/Windows.mdwn index b30228e51..788f3b27d 100644 --- a/doc/install/Windows.mdwn +++ b/doc/install/Windows.mdwn @@ -4,5 +4,7 @@ This port is in an alpha state; many things will not work. See [[todo/windows_support]] for current status. Note especially that git-annex always uses [[direct_mode]] on Windows. -To build git-annex from source on Windows, simply follow the instructions -for [[using cabal|cabal]]. +To build git-annex from source on Windows, you need to install +the Haskell Platform and Cygwin. When installing Cygwin, select +to install gcc, make, rsync, and ssh. Then, within Cygwin, git-annex +can be compiled following the instructions for [[using cabal|cabal]]. diff --git a/doc/todo/windows_support.mdwn b/doc/todo/windows_support.mdwn index bd71f3f6f..777dd0c67 100644 --- a/doc/todo/windows_support.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/windows_support.mdwn @@ -9,8 +9,10 @@ now! --[[Joey]] slashes the other way around in .git/config, which also doesn't work for git-annex.) * Does not work with Cygwin's build of git (that git does not consistently - support use of DOS style paths, which git-annex uses on Windows). + support use of DOS style paths, which git-annex uses on Windows). Must use the upstream build of git for Windows. +* OTOH, you do need to install Cygwin's build of rsync (unless you can + find another one), and Cygwin's build of ssh. * test suite doesn't work * Bad file locking, it's probably not safe to run more than one git-annex process at the same time on Windows. |