From 79ccc7e347bd7111e13db09a141bb6d946b957c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawmBmv0HhwTFxkpxlf8ifTlMOHnIwHCHTYs" Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 22:02:07 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added a comment: path on windows --- ...mment_4_01096994c19b7d0df1cc6866d4f22e21._comment | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/bugs/Windows_build_has_hardcoded_paths/comment_4_01096994c19b7d0df1cc6866d4f22e21._comment diff --git a/doc/bugs/Windows_build_has_hardcoded_paths/comment_4_01096994c19b7d0df1cc6866d4f22e21._comment b/doc/bugs/Windows_build_has_hardcoded_paths/comment_4_01096994c19b7d0df1cc6866d4f22e21._comment new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..5daa87d5ec --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/bugs/Windows_build_has_hardcoded_paths/comment_4_01096994c19b7d0df1cc6866d4f22e21._comment @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawmBmv0HhwTFxkpxlf8ifTlMOHnIwHCHTYs" + nickname="y" + subject="path on windows" + date="2014-08-23T22:02:07Z" + content=""" +I think I have a related problem on win7 sp1. + +When first installing msys git, there's a screen asking for how to set the PATH variable. I chose the option not to update the windows PATH variable, which is the default. Then I installed git annex. Then launching the git-annex-autostart.vbs as well as the webapp one gets an object not found error (on line 2). launching git-annex from git bash with full path yielded an error about not finding git. + +Then I proceeded and reinstalled git on top of itself and picked the option to only add git and bash to windows path and it worked. +"""]]