request admin rights at install

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Joey Hess 2013-12-10 00:32:08 -04:00
parent 29f440289b
commit db8a980c70
2 changed files with 9 additions and 3 deletions

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@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ makeInstaller gitannex license extrafiles = nsis $ do
{- Installing into the same directory as git avoids needing to modify
- path myself, since the git installer already does it. -}
installDir gitInstallDir
requestExecutionLevel User
requestExecutionLevel Admin
iff (fileExists gitInstallDir)
(return ())

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@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
### Please describe the problem.
Installing on Windows requires installing git followed by git-annex. Installing the former works without admin rights, but the latter cannot be installed afterwards.
Installing on Windows requires installing git followed by git-annex.
Installing the former works without admin rights, but the latter cannot be
installed afterwards.
### What steps will reproduce the problem?
@ -15,5 +17,9 @@ Latest release on MS Windows.
### Please provide any additional information below.
Installing git creates read-only directories that cannot be used by the git-annex install afterwards. Without admin rights, the read-only flag of the git dir cannot be altered.
Installing git creates read-only directories that cannot be used by the
git-annex install afterwards. Without admin rights, the read-only flag of
the git dir cannot be altered.
> I've made the installer now request admin rights if run by a non-admin
> Hopefully good enough. [[done]] --[[Joey]]