git-annex now does Windows!
- First, install git for Windows
Get the 32 bit version not the 64 bit version.
(Note that msysgit is no longer supported.) - Then, install git-annex
This port is now in reasonably good shape for command-line use of git-annex. The assistant and webapp are also usable. There are some known problems and parts that don't work. See windows support for current status.
To verify 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 and Cygwin. Use Cygwin to install these packages: 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
Note that git from Cygwin is able to clone git-annex's git repository; Regular git for Windows cannot due to some characters in filenames.
(To build the git-annex installer, you also need to install the NullSoft installer system.)