Updated Git build

Updated Git build

[Steven Penny]

Git 1.7.10 is now over one year old

http://github.com/git/git/tree/v1.7.10

and it contains some significant improvements, such as

git clone --single-branch

http://stackoverflow.com/a/9920956

Not to mention version 1.8.0 has been out for almost 8 months. I would he happy
to make the build, or help with the process if we can just get the ball rolling.

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RE: Updated Git build

[Adam Dinwoodie]

Steven Penny wrote:
> Git 1.7.10 is now over one year old
> 
> http://github.com/git/git/tree/v1.7.10
> 
> and it contains some significant improvements, such as
> 
> git clone --single-branch
> 
> http://stackoverflow.com/a/9920956
> 
> Not to mention version 1.8.0 has been out for almost 8 months. I would he happy
> to make the build, or help with the process if we can just get the ball rolling.

I posted on this topic yesterday.  I'm currently using a home-built v1.8.3.1
Git with no immediate issues other than not being able to compile with pthreads
support and some obscure failing test cases.

I see Cygwin Ports[0] appears to be offering a compiled v1.8.3 version of
Git[1], and Yaakov has already suggested moving some of the patches made there
into the main Cygwin package build[2].

I'm not sure who the current maintainer is, or how to find out, but my current
plan is to wait a week or so to see if there's any reason for not upgrading
(other than the current maintainer's time).  If that gets nowhere, I'll offer
to package up the latest version of Git myself.

[0]: http://sourceware.org/cygwinports/
[1]: http://cygwin-ports.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=cygwin-ports/git;a=summary
[2]: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2013-06/msg00474.html

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Re: Updated Git build

[Achim Gratz]

Adam Dinwoodie <Adam.Dinwoodie <at> metaswitch.com> writes:
> Git with no immediate issues other than not being able
> to compile with pthreads support and some obscure failing
> test cases.

You might want to try pthreads again when gcc-4.7.3 is out.

> I'm not sure who the current maintainer is,

The Cygwin git maintainer is Eric Blake

> or how to find out,

$ cat /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/git.README

... or look up the announcement for the latest release?


Regards,
Achim.


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Re: Updated Git build

[Frank Fesevur]

2013/6/19 Adam Dinwoodie:
> I'm not sure who the current maintainer is, or how to find out,

This is the list of all packages and their maintainers.
http://cygwin.com/cygwin-pkg-maint

Not sure where to find a link to this on the cygwin site though.

Regards,
Frank

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Re: Updated Git build

[Christopher Faylor]

On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 12:10:58PM +0200, Frank Fesevur wrote:
>2013/6/19 Adam Dinwoodie:
>> I'm not sure who the current maintainer is, or how to find out,
>
>This is the list of all packages and their maintainers.
>http://cygwin.com/cygwin-pkg-maint
>
>Not sure where to find a link to this on the cygwin site though.

For the record, that list isn't intended as a convenient way to contact
maintainers personally - that's why there are no email addresses there.
If you have concerns then the cygwin list is the place to voice them.

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Re: Updated Git build

[Steven Penny]

On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 4:05 AM, Steven Penny wrote:
> Git 1.7.10 is now over one year old

Until this is released on primary mirrors Cygwinports can work

wget downloads.sf.net/cygwin-ports/git-1.8.3.1-1.tar.bz2
tar xf git-1.8.3.1-1.tar.bz2 -C/

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