git-annex now does Windows!

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 Git for Windows, and Stack.

You also need to install rsync and wget for windows. They need to be linked with the same MINGW32 libraries that come with Git for Windows. One way is to download them from https://downloads.kitenet.net/git-annex/windows/assets/. Put them somewhere in PATH.

Then open Git Bash, clone git-annex, and in git-annex's source tree, run "stack build" to download and build all dependencies and git-annex. "stack install" will install git-annex.

(To build the git-annex installer, you also need to install the NullSoft installer system. The script standalone/windows/build.sh is used to make the builds linked to above.)