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diff --git a/doc/install/Windows.mdwn b/doc/install/Windows.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..74017d699 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/install/Windows.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +git-annex has recently been ported to Windows! + +* First, [install git](http://git-scm.com/downloads) +* Then, [install git-annex](https://downloads.kitenet.net/git-annex/windows/current/) + +This port is in an early state. While it works well enough to use +git-annex, many things will not work. See [[todo/windows_support]] for +current status. Note especially that git-annex always uses [[direct_mode]] +on Windows. + +The autobuilder is not currently able to run the test suite, so +testing git-annex on Windows is up to you! To check that the build of +git-annex works in your Windows system, you are encouraged to run the test +suite before using git-annex on real data. After installation, run `git +annex test`. There will be a lot of output; the important thing is that it +should end with "All tests ok". + +## autobuilds + +A daily build is also available, thanks to Yury V. Zaytsev and +[NEST](http://nest-initiative.org/). + +* [download](https://qa.nest-initiative.org/view/msysGit/job/msysgit-git-annex-assistant-test/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/git-annex/git-annex-installer.exe) ([build logs](https://qa.nest-initiative.org/view/msysGit/job/msysgit-git-annex-assistant-test/)) + +## building it yourself + +To build git-annex from source on Windows, you need to install +the Haskell Platform, Mingw, and Cygwin. Use Cygwin to install +gcc, rsync, git, wget, ssh, and gnupg. To build the git-annex installer, +you also need to install the NulSoft installer system. + +There is a shell script `standalone/windows/build.sh` that can be +used to build git-annex. Note that this shell script cannot be run +in Cygwin; run it with the Mingw sh. |