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authorGravatar Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name>2016-11-29 13:37:16 -0400
committerGravatar Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name>2016-11-29 13:37:16 -0400
commit7378d141f263aaba0c0ec1e2f84285ffd2fbf0e2 (patch)
treeffcc0cc19fc6b5bf74041aa4d2c09946a725ab04 /doc/install
parentbe163b81f7c289cb5c26daa969d11d9f15427920 (diff)
tighten added language
Removed part about neeing to install git-annex and git in the same location. The installer checks if the location given exists, and if not, tells the user that git is not installed there. And the default should work if the user just picks it in both installers.
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git-annex now does Windows!
-* First, [install Git for Windows](http://git-scm.com/downloads)
+* 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.) 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.
+ If you installed the 64 bit version of git, then parts of git-annex will
+ still run, however, some features, including tools like rsync, will
+ not work.
+
* 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