On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 7:32 PM, Nick Dokos<nicholas.do...@hp.com> wrote: > Bernt Hansen <be...@norang.ca> wrote: > > ... >> (shell-command (concat "GITDIR=" dir " && git describe --abbrev=4 HEAD")) > ... > > Disclaimer: I touch Windows once a day to check a mail account and > possibly surf the web - other than that, I'm pretty much at sea in it > (and I've never used emacs on Windows, let alone install git on it.) > Please excuse the elementary questions. > > How does shell-command work under Windows?
No idea. > What shell is it using? Windows has it's own CMD shell (CMD.exe). > Is cygwin a prerequisite for it? Prerequisite for CMD? No. CMD is native and comes with Windows. > Is cygwin a prerequisite for git? Native git on Windows was reported to have issues quite sometime back. I read somewhere that the situation is much better now. Cygwin git has always worked for me without any issues. -- Manish _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
