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authorGravatar Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2013-05-13 13:46:03 -0400
committerGravatar Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2013-05-13 13:46:03 -0400
commit6ec39066b39baa2a5d8d84eb775b65f87194d5e2 (patch)
treee7dbdb09e9a28bd84d288294c25327f3f2047313 /doc
parent00a4380a5a02290251b70a5bee29626453ffd344 (diff)
update for Windows
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-rw-r--r--doc/install.mdwn2
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diff --git a/doc/direct_mode.mdwn b/doc/direct_mode.mdwn
index 4f6c7d4a7..ee38b66d2 100644
--- a/doc/direct_mode.mdwn
+++ b/doc/direct_mode.mdwn
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ exceptions:
* Repositories on FAT and other less than stellar filesystems
that don't support things like symlinks will be automatically put
into direct mode.
+* Windows always uses direct mode.
## enabling (and disabling) direct mode
diff --git a/doc/install.mdwn b/doc/install.mdwn
index 03f146450..03e92a632 100644
--- a/doc/install.mdwn
+++ b/doc/install.mdwn
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ detailed instructions | quick install
[[Gentoo]] | `emerge git-annex`
[[ScientificLinux5]] | (and other RHEL5 clones like CentOS5)
[[openSUSE]] |
-Windows | [[sorry, Windows not supported yet|todo/windows_support]]
+[[Windows]] | **alpha**
"""]]
## Using cabal
diff --git a/doc/install/Windows.mdwn b/doc/install/Windows.mdwn
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b30228e51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/install/Windows.mdwn
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+git-annex has recently been ported to Windows.
+
+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]].