Installing on Windows

Installing on Windows

The below instructions are unsupported. The installation files need to be updated.

For Windows users, [msysGit]

msysGit

msysGit allows multiple forms of installation, one which allows you to hack git and one that doesn't.

Downloads that allow hacking

The downloads are called Net installer if you want to hack on Git and Full installer (self-contained) if you want to hack on Git Follow the instructions on the msysGit wiki to install git. Their preferred method is the Net Installer.

Download the getopt binary archive, extract the getopt.exe and copy it in C:\msysgit\bin

Download that doesn't allow the hacking

The download is called Full installer for official Git for Windows.

Install the application and download the getopt archive which I created to make it a bit easier. This archive contains all needed files. Extract the files and copy them in C:\Program Files(x86)\Git\bin

Install git-flow

Clone the git-flow sources from GitHub:

$ git clone git://github.com/petervanderdoes/gitflow.git
$ cd gitflow

Run the msysgit-install script from a command-line prompt (you may have to run it with "Full Administrator" rights if you installed msysgit with its installer):

C:\gitflow> contrib\msysgit-install.cmd

Note This will not copy the example hook files, only the needed executables.

Cygwin

For Windows users who wish to use the automated install, it is suggested that you install Cygwin first to install tools like git, util-linux and wget (with those three being packages that can be selected during installation). Then simply run this command from a Cygwin shell in your $HOME:

$ wget -q -O - --no-check-certificate https://raw.github.com/petervanderdoes/gitflow/develop/contrib/gitflow-installer.sh | bash

If you get the error "flags: FATAL unable to determine getopt version" error after

$ git flow init

you need to install the util-linux package using the Cygwin setup.