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authorGravatar senatorzergling@c1d78877a6120a80f0f4005210eda262c1586555 <senatorzergling@web>2016-11-29 15:13:16 +0000
committerGravatar admin <admin@branchable.com>2016-11-29 15:13:16 +0000
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Added more explanations of my experience with the Windows install process.
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@@ -2,8 +2,12 @@ git-annex now does Windows!
* First, [install Git for Windows](http://git-scm.com/downloads)
Important: **Get the 32 bit version not the 64 bit version.**
- (Note that msysgit is no longer supported.)
+ (Note that msysgit is no longer supported.) If you installed the
+ 64 bit version of git, then parts of git-annex will still run,
+ however, some features, including tools like rsync, are not-functional.
* Then, [install git-annex](https://downloads.kitenet.net/git-annex/windows/current/)
+ into the same location Git has been installed to. You must provide this path to the
+ git-annex installer. For instance, the path may be "C:\Users\John\AppData\Local\Programs\Git\"
This port is now in reasonably good shape for command-line use of
git-annex. The assistant and webapp are also usable. There are some known