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git-annex now does Windows!
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* First, [install msysgit](http://git-scm.com/downloads) (msysgit 1.9 is needed; the new "git for windows" does not currently work)
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_Be sure to tell the msysgit installer to add git to the PATH._
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That is, select "Use Git from the Windows Command Prompt"
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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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A daily build is also available, thanks to Yury V. Zaytsev and
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[NEST](http://nest-initiative.org/).
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* [download](https://downloads.kitenet.net/git-annex/autobuild/windows/) ([build logs](https://qa.nest-initiative.org/view/msysGit/job/msysgit-git-annex-assistant-test/))
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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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the Haskell Platform and Cygwin. Use Cygwin to install these packages:
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gcc rsync git wget ssh gnupg
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Once the prerequisites are installed, run:
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cabal update
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git clone git://git-annex.branchable.com/ gitannex
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cd gitannex
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build
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Note that git from Cygwin is able to clone git-annex's git repository;
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Msysgit cannot due to some characters in filenames.
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(To build the git-annex installer, you also need to install the NullSoft
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installer system.)
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