On 25/06/2008 18:05, Adam Gołębiowski wrote: > On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 05:54:36PM +0100, Mike Williams wrote: >>> Can someone use Git without installing any software? If yes, then we >>> might be able to replace other methods. If no, then lots of people will >>> prefer to stay with what they already have installed. >> Windows users wanting to use Git for things other than getting snapshots >> (e.g. patch development) it can be a pain - they need to install and set >> up Cygwin. Last time I looked Windows support was the neglected child >> for various philosophical and technical reasons. Using Git will raise >> the barrier for Windows users. > > There's msysgit (http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/) which provides git > (and git-gui) for Windows environment and does not depend on cygwin. > > I use it from time to time and am quite happy with it.
Cheers. When I was doing the rounds looking at DVCSs last year, git failed at the first hurdle because of this. Time to go back around the loop it seems. Having said, that I have no issue with hg since I started using it. The rate of progress of these things, wait a few months and your problem is usually solved. TTFN Mike -- WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! And we're off on a tangent! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
