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msysGit was formerly the development environment to compile Git for Windows 1.0. It was never the actual Git for Windows package, and it is not current. Do not use this tag for general Git questions, use the git tag. Do not use this tag for Git for Windows specific questions, use the git-for-windows tag.

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is Git for Windows, the actual Git command line that has been ported to Windows.

MSysGit was formerly the development environment used to build Git for Windows. It was never the actual Git for Windows package, and it is not current. The current development environment for Git for Windows is called Git SDK.

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How to make git recognise a folder for custom commands?

I have a custom git command (specifically git-tfs - I don't want to install via chocolatey) I would like have this custom command in separate folder (C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\extensions\GitTfs). I know that I can just add this folder to the system…
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Git/Bash slow when run from Windows on shared Linux folder

My Ubuntu box shares my codebase in \\ubuntubox\codebase full read / write permissions (samba). On my Windows 7 64-bit box, I've mapped the above shared folder to X:. I can access / write / execute / delete files at whim. Running a simple git…
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Compile Glew git code with MinGW on Windows

When looking on glew project page there's a git repository with the latest code. Cloning the repository I saw that I need to download the extensions. The Makefile has a target called extensions that do the job of downloading everything from the…
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msysgit Unicode support: I did a mess while migrating from previous Git versions

I have a repo with accented letters in paths and filenames. I upgraded to msysgit 1.8.0-preview and kept working on one of the branches (let's call it recent), committing and pushing as needed. When I realized that my repo needed a migration because…
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GIT - msysgit wont ask for password

I have a remote GIT repository (ubuntu) and am working locally on a windows 7. I had this working nicely, and setup SSH keys. At some point in this process I seem to have disabled GIT/msysgit asking for passwords. I now have a new remote git repo…
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Trouble checking out LLVM with TortoiseGit

I'm attempting to check out and build LLVM. In the process I'm trying to get my head around Windows Git installations. I took the steps listed on this page: https://tortoisegit.org/ I first installed TortoiseGit 1.7.10 I then installed…
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SSH Access Blocked After Trying GitStack

I'm using msysgit (Git-1.7.11-preview20120710.exe). I tried GitStack on Win8, which is a git server, and after uninstalling it because it didn't work out, I got blocked from accesing port 22 anymore. Here's what msysgit throws at me every time I try…
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msysgit commit encoding

I am using msysgit on windows vista. I am still very new to it and on my first committed code to github another member said that all the tabs were replaced with spaces. Could it be possible that msysgit is changing this? I am editing the files in…
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msysgit - how do I use gitk to search for string in commit ignoring case

I'm sure this question seems really simple. I have a git repository and I am reviewing it in gitk. There is an option to: Find Next prev commit adding/removing string: some string IgnCase All fields There are commits that contain Some String…
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Unable to push to remote repository in Git

I am trying to implement a simple scenario where I have a git repo on one server and I am able to push this repo to a remote server. After resolving many other issues, I am stuck at the following stage: On server1, I have a git repo. Now I follow…
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cvsps missing in msysgit 1.7.11?

i'm trying to import our old cvs repository into a git repo by following these instructions: http://www.gromacs.org/Developer_Zone/Git/Migrating_a_CVS_repository_to_GIT i'm using windows, so i tried to use msysgit. i could log in to my cvs…
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TortoiseGit won't let me access my /trunk D:

I have no problem cloning/commiting from my ssh link, but if I ask tortoiseGit to do it on shhLink/trunk i'll get a 128 error. "fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly" Any idea why? Thanks.
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How to assign value of a git command to a variable using script

Is it possible to assign the value a git command like git rev-list -n 1 --before= master to a variable. Ex: commits = git rev-list -n 1 --before= master then I want to something like git tag RELEASE_01 $commits[0] My…
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Add git tags based on commit time

Is there any way to tag a git repository based on the commit time? For example, if I have the release time, I want to tag all the repositories used in the release as of the release time. The main issue is that tagging may happen retroactively a few…
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Windows Boot2Docker leaving a container and returning to B2D

If I am running Boot2Docker on windows 7, and I connect to a container by running a command like docker run -it ubuntu:14.04 /bin/bash, how can I "disconnect" from the container and return the prompt to the boot2docker images command prompt? Ideally…
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