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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, will
+ not work.
+
* Then, [install git-annex](https://downloads.kitenet.net/git-annex/windows/current/)
This port is now in reasonably good shape for command-line use of
@@ -18,7 +22,7 @@ important thing is that it should end with "All tests passed".
## autobuilds
A daily build is also available, thanks to Yury V. Zaytsev and
-[NEST](http://nest-initiative.org/).
+Dartmouth College.
* [download](https://downloads.kitenet.net/git-annex/autobuild/windows/) ([build logs](https://qa.nest-initiative.org/view/msysGit/job/msysgit-git-annex-assistant-test/))