Re: [msysGit] Re: Git Inno Setup based installer

Dear Kirill,
Thanks for your feedback. I very much appreciate any comments on the
installer. They all help to improve our work.


On Oct 6, 2007, at 4:55 PM, Kirill wrote:

Great! Thanks to you I finally got git-1.5.3 that works on Windows (at
least locally)! Appreciated!

good to hear.

Now, didn't you ask for a feedback? :)

I. Each time I start git-gui it tells me that:
Git version cannot be determined.
C:/wingit/bin/git.exe claims it is version '1.5.3.mingw.1.99.ga821'.
Git Gui requires at least Git 1.5.0 or later.
Assume '1.5.3.mingw.1.99.ga821' is version 1.5.0?

Before I try to hunt it down, is it an easy fix?

It is easy to fixed and I already have a patch in the pipeline.
I know it's a bit annoying but it's not really a critical issue.
Therefore I'll not create a new installer right away.

II. I noticed that in the latest version of Git Gui then Branch menu
does not have items to quickly switch to another branch (basically
items, named after branches). Is it very hard to get them back?

I did not report it earlier because all my previous attempts to get
fully working version failed.

Note, I'm currently focusing on the Windows installer, while git-gui
is a project of it's own. Git gui is not specific to Windows but a
cross platform tool that runs on Unix as well. git-gui is part of the
official git repository. I just take what git-gui offers and pack it
into the installer. Most of the real work was done by Shawn O. Pearce.

The right platform for discussing git-gui specific issues is the
official git mailing list (not the msysgit list). I added the list
in CC. I can't comment on this issue in detail because I'm not using
Git Gui that frequently. Maybe someone else from the git mailing list
has a comment?

III. Also, I was pleasantly surprised that git-gui is localized to
Russian (probably among many other languages). However, the above
message is missing from localization. So on Russian system I got an
empty message, asking Yes or No. Is it easy to fix too? If you want
real Russian there, here you are:
Не могу определить версию Git.
Версия C:/wingit/bin/git.exe: '1.5.3.mingw.1.99.ga821'.
Git Gui требует как минимум Git 1.5.0.
Считать '1.5.3.mingw.1.99.ga821' версией 1.5.0?

I know about the localization efforts but I did not closely follow
them. All the cedits go to people on the git mailing list who worked
on the localization.

Maybe someone could pick up your suggestion and prepare a patch for
git-gui? Personally, I don't know how to do this.

	Steffen

On Oct 5, 3:30 pm, Steffen wrote:

quoted

I also created an installer, which you can find at

http://www.zib.de/prohaska/2007/git/Git-1.5.3-preview20071005.exe

The installer contains the branches devel merged with
steffen/shawn-git-gui.