> In fact, since Github is now owned by Microsoft, it seems a little
> strange to require 'zef' to include it in an installation.

"Git" is not "GitHub".


9 Nis 2020 Per 19:39 tarihinde Richard Hainsworth <rnhainswo...@gmail.com>
şunu yazdı:

> Am I missing something here?
>
> It would seem obvious to me that Git and Raku are not linked in any way,
> except of course for developers who only use Git with Raku, or who only
> have a dependency on Git through zef.
>
> It would therefore seem to me that a Raku / Zef distribution should NOT
> bundle Git. Consequently, 'Git' is not "forgotten" and that is *should*
> be installed independently.
>
> In fact, since Github is now owned by Microsoft, it seems a little
> strange to require 'zef' to include it in an installation.
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard
>
> On 09/04/2020 11:47, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Since the Raku Windows Installer forgets to install Git along
> > with Zef:
> >
> >     https://github.com/rakudo/star/issues/145
> >
> > You have to install Git yourself:
> >
> >     https://git-for-windows.github.io/
> >
> > Now here is a sweet feature of having Git installed.
> > It comes with all kind of nice Linux utilities, like ls,
> > tar, more, etc..
> >
> > To get access to them:
> >
> > --> <win><r> sysdm.cpl
> >   --> Advanced (tab at the top)
> >    --> Environmental Variables (button, lower right)
> >     --> Path, Edit, add to the end
> >               ;C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin
> >
> > I don't know about you guys, but every time I
> > want a directory listing in Windows, I type
> > `ls` and have to go back and change it to `dir`.
> > No longer!
> >
> > :-)
> >
> > -T
>

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