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| author |  Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2014-09-11 13:57:48 -0400 |
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| committer | Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2014-09-11 14:01:08 -0400 |
| commit | 498930d4373d6f5b2641a29d6391025969b38c5a (patch) | |
| tree | a6a942c0281ca240968306737958950b09b4c9ea /doc/bugs | |
| parent | 0d5123633d8a9da1670b7b348d4c5def133d9d45 (diff) | |
document need for msysgit installer to put it into PATH
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/bugs/Windows_build_has_hardcoded_paths.mdwn | 14 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/bugs/Windows_build_has_hardcoded_paths.mdwn b/doc/bugs/Windows_build_has_hardcoded_paths.mdwn index c4ab9a00f..199d00b03 100644 --- a/doc/bugs/Windows_build_has_hardcoded_paths.mdwn +++ b/doc/bugs/Windows_build_has_hardcoded_paths.mdwn @@ -24,4 +24,16 @@ Windows XP. # End of transcript or log. """]] -[[!meta title="git-annex on windows does not find msgit if user does not let msgit add itsselt to PATH"]] +[[!meta title="git-annex on windows does not find msgit if user does not let msysgit add itsselt to PATH"]] + +> I don't think it's any better for git-annex's installer to prompt for the +> path to git, than it is for msysgit's installer to prompt for adding it +> to the system path. +> +> The best fix would be to bundle msysgit into the git-annex installer +> along with all the other stuff. But, that adds build-time complications +> I would rather avoid. +> +> For now, I am going to treat this as a documentation problem; +> I've updated the install page to be clear that msysgit needs to be +> installed into PATH. [[done]] --[[Joey]] |