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| author |  Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name> | 2015-03-16 13:23:24 -0400 |
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| committer | Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name> | 2015-03-16 13:23:40 -0400 |
| commit | 857ee930defeb7f1397a60fbffe307b4c8525b8f (patch) | |
| tree | 301419f537199ce1086e690ae50dc5d9779cae67 | |
| parent | 7051b6b3899122827aefac7408721d46aaa22394 (diff) | |
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/bugs/Windows:_can__39__t_clone_repository.mdwn | 10 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/bugs/Windows:_can__39__t_clone_repository.mdwn b/doc/bugs/Windows:_can__39__t_clone_repository.mdwn index df4462a9e..6a99f8474 100644 --- a/doc/bugs/Windows:_can__39__t_clone_repository.mdwn +++ b/doc/bugs/Windows:_can__39__t_clone_repository.mdwn @@ -43,6 +43,14 @@ Windows 7 64bit > Here's a nickle kid, go buy yourself a real OS that supports -> colon in filenames. [[done]] +> colon in filenames. +> +> Windows has all kinds of stupid limitations that are enough fun +> making git-annex support, without trying to make its source/website +> repo also avoid them. +> +> The solution is cygwin; git-annex's windows autobuilder uses cygwin's +> version of git to check out its git repository, and that should work for you. +> [[done]] > > --[[Joey]] |