"Jesse Phillips" <jessekphillip...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:ig61ni$fr...@digitalmars.com... > Nick Sabalausky Wrote: > >> "Vladimir Panteleev" <vladi...@thecybershadow.net> wrote in message >> news:op.vow11fqdtuz...@cybershadow.mshome.net... >> > On Fri, 07 Jan 2011 04:09:04 +0200, Andrej Mitrovic >> > <andrej.mitrov...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> >> I don't think git really needs MSYS? I mean I've just installed git >> >> again and it does have it's own executable runnable from the console. >> > >> > MSysGit comes with its own copy of MSys. It's pretty transparent to the >> > user, though. >> > >> >> That might not be too bad then if it's all packaged well. The main >> problem >> with MSYS/MinGW is just getting the damn thing downloaded, installed and >> running properly. Do you need to actually use the MSYS/MinGW >> command-line, >> or is that all hidden away and totally behind-the-scenes? >> > > I am able to run git commands from powershell. I ran a single install > program that made it all happen for me. You can run what it calls "git > bash" to open mingw.
I just tried the msysgit installer that Andrej linked to. I didn't try to use or create any repository, but everthing seems to work great so far. Painless installer, Git GUI launches fine, "git" works from my ordinary windows command line, and I never had to touch MSYS directly in any way. Nice!