Re: [msysGit] Re: [ANNOUNCE] WinGit - native x86/x64 Git for Windows

2014-04-19 Thread Johannes Schindelin
Hi, On Sat, 19 Apr 2014, Heiko Voigt wrote: On Thu, Apr 03, 2014 at 05:18:50PM +0400, ma...@slonopotamus.org wrote: I'm proud to announce WinGit: an attempt to bring Git powers to 64-bit Windows. So the reason for this new package is that you need 64bit binaries? Relationship with

Re: [msysGit] Re: [ANNOUNCE] WinGit - native x86/x64 Git for Windows

2014-04-19 Thread Marat Radchenko
On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 05:24:33PM +0200, Johannes Schindelin wrote: Marat, please do not add to the confusion. msysGit is the name of the *development environment* for developing Git for Windows. This confusion comes from the fact that major part of msysGit is packaged with Git for Windows to

Re: [msysGit] Re: [ANNOUNCE] WinGit - native x86/x64 Git for Windows

2014-04-19 Thread Thomas Braun
Am 19.04.2014 15:35, schrieb Marat Radchenko: So the reason for this new package is that you need 64bit binaries? That's the most important bit. Plus, weird ssh transfer speeds [1] caused by ansient openssh bundled in msysgit. Yes the msysgit openssh is ancient and slow. Openssh in

Re: [msysGit] Re: [ANNOUNCE] WinGit - native x86/x64 Git for Windows

2014-04-19 Thread Johannes Schindelin
Hi Marat, On Sat, 19 Apr 2014, Marat Radchenko wrote: But in practice, msysgit is: 1) outdated msys that was patched in multiple ways without sending patches upstream 2) heavily patched git, again not upstreamed Again, this time explicitly: I wish you had done a little more research on

Re: Re: [msysGit] Re: [ANNOUNCE] WinGit - native x86/x64 Git for Windows

2014-04-19 Thread Heiko Voigt
On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 08:58:32PM +0400, Marat Radchenko wrote: On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 05:24:33PM +0200, Johannes Schindelin wrote: Marat, please do not add to the confusion. msysGit is the name of the *development environment* for developing Git for Windows. This confusion comes from