git-annex now does Windows!
- First, install git (msysgit 1.9 or newer is needed)
- Then, install git-annex
This port is now in reasonably good shape for command-line use of git-annex. The assistant and webapp are still in an early state. See windows support for current status.
The autobuilder is not currently able to run the test suite, so
testing git-annex on Windows is up to you! To check that the build of
git-annex works in your Windows system, you are encouraged to run the test
suite before using git-annex on real data. After installation, run git
annex test
. There will be a lot of output; the important thing is that it
should end with "All tests passed".
autobuilds
A daily build is also available, thanks to Yury V. Zaytsev and NEST.
building it yourself
To build git-annex from source on Windows, you need to install the Haskell Platform, Mingw, and Cygwin. Use Cygwin to install: gcc rsync git wget ssh gnupg
Once the prerequisites are installed, run:
cabal update
git clone git://git-annex.branchable.com/ gitannex
cd gitannex
build
(To build the git-annex installer, you also need to install the NulSoft installer system.)