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48 lines
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git-annex now does Windows!
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* First, [install Git for Windows](http://git-scm.com/downloads)
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Important: **Get the 32 bit version not the 64 bit version.**
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If you installed the 64 bit version of git, then parts of git-annex will
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still run, however, some features, including tools like rsync, will
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not work.
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* Then, [install git-annex](https://downloads.kitenet.net/git-annex/windows/current/)
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This port is now in reasonably good shape for command-line use of
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git-annex. The assistant and webapp are also usable. There are some known
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problems and parts that don't work. See [[todo/windows_support]] for
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current status.
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To verify that the build of git-annex works in your Windows system, you are
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encouraged to run the test suite before using git-annex on real data. After
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installation, run `git annex test`. There will be a lot of output; the
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important thing is that it should end with "All tests passed".
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## autobuilds
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An hourly autobuild is also available, thanks to Yury V. Zaytsev and
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Dartmouth College.
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* [download](https://downloads.kitenet.net/git-annex/autobuild/windows/)
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## building it yourself
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To build git-annex from source on Windows, you need to install
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[Git for Windows](http://git-scm.com/downloads), and
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[Stack](http://haskellstack.org/).
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You also need to install rsync for windows.
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It needs to be linked with the same MINGW32 libraries that come with Git
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for Windows. One way is to download it from
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<https://downloads.kitenet.net/git-annex/windows/assets/>.
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Put it somewhere in PATH.
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Then open Git Bash, [[clone git-annex|download]], and in git-annex's source
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tree, run "stack build --stack-yaml stack-windows.yaml" to download and
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build all dependencies and git-annex. "stack install --stack-yaml
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stack-windows.yaml" will install git-annex.
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(To build the git-annex installer, you also need to install the NullSoft
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installer system. The script `standalone/windows/build.sh` is
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used to make the builds linked to above.)
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