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document need for msysgit installer to put it into PATH

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Joey Hess 2014-09-11 13:57:48 -04:00
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[[!meta title="git-annex on windows does not find msgit if user does not let msgit add itsselt to PATH"]]
[[!meta title="git-annex on windows does not find msgit if user does not let msysgit add itsselt to PATH"]]
> I don't think it's any better for git-annex's installer to prompt for the
> path to git, than it is for msysgit's installer to prompt for adding it
> to the system path.
>
> The best fix would be to bundle msysgit into the git-annex installer
> along with all the other stuff. But, that adds build-time complications
> I would rather avoid.
>
> For now, I am going to treat this as a documentation problem;
> I've updated the install page to be clear that msysgit needs to be
> installed into PATH. [[done]] --[[Joey]]

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git-annex now does Windows!
* First, [install git](http://git-scm.com/downloads) (msysgit 1.9 or newer is needed)
* First, [install git](http://git-scm.com/downloads) (msysgit 1.9 or newer is needed)
** Be sure to tell the msysgit installer to add git to the PATH. **
* Then, [install git-annex](https://downloads.kitenet.net/git-annex/windows/current/)
This port is now in reasonably good shape for command-line use of