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diff --git a/doc/install/Windows.mdwn b/doc/install/Windows.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..788f3b27d --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/install/Windows.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +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, you need to install +the Haskell Platform and Cygwin. When installing Cygwin, select +to install gcc, make, rsync, and ssh. Then, within Cygwin, git-annex +can be compiled following the instructions for [[using cabal|cabal]]. |