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Helen Anderson
Helen Anderson
6,519 Points
Posted by Helen Anderson
Helen Anderson
6,519 Points

git flow

I'm using a windows machine to follow the Git Basics course. I'm stuck on the Git-Flow section.(Workflows badge). The instruction is to install Git-flow following the instructions in github. I'm using a windows machine.

Steps completed so far:

  1. go to Git Flow in Git hub https://github.com/nvie/gitflow - > OK

  2. go to installation instructions for windows https://github.com/nvie/gitflow/wiki/Windows -> OK

  3. install cygwin from here http://www.cygwin.com/install.html. Installed all packages -> OK

4 open cygwin -> OK

  1. go back to https://github.com/nvie/gitflow/wiki/Windows and follow the steps. The next step is run 

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

    from the cygwin shell

  2. message -> wget not found

  3. google to find how to install wget -> find this http://www.kadamwhite.com/archives/2012/wget-in-git-bash

  4. download wget ok. run wget.exe

9, in cygwin run -> errors received

$ wget -q -O - --no-check-certificate https://github.com/nvie/gitflow/raw/develop/contrib/gitflow-installer.sh | bash
C:\cygwin\bin\wget.exe: unknown option -- no-check-certificate
bash: line 1: Usage:: command not found
bash: line 2: $'\r': command not found
bash: line 3: unexpected EOF while looking for matching ``'
bash: line 4: syntax error: unexpected end of file

I think the issue is that wget is not being found by cygwin. Have moved wget into the same directory as cygwin, but no change.

There's probably a simpler way to do this.

Can someone please help?

Thanks

3 Answers

Paul Graham
Paul Graham
1,396 Points
Paul Graham
Paul Graham
1,396 Points

Try using the default Windows installer from http://git-scm.com instead of Cygwin. Cygwin is a nightmare. I'd probably install a VM running Linux before trying to use those tools.

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

> Cygwin is a nightmare.

Yep pretty much

> I'd probably install a VM running Linux before trying to use those tools.

scoop.sh looks pretty useful for getting *nix tools on Windows

Paul Graham
Paul Graham
1,396 Points

Hmm, looks a little like Homebrew, I hope that project gets supported and the software stays updated.

Dietmar Krause
Dietmar Krause
6,229 Points
Dietmar Krause
Dietmar Krause
6,229 Points

i have pretty much the same problem. Installed default Windows installer for Git for windows. No Cygwin, no msysgit (which is the environment, i think) until now. Does anyone know how to install git flow beginning with this starting point?. And second: how do i update Git for windows (supposing one has installed via the default installer http://git-scm.com/). Simply over -install?

Dietmar Krause
Dietmar Krause
6,229 Points
Dietmar Krause
Dietmar Krause
6,229 Points

have you tried the following?

  1. Install git via http://git-scm.com, wich is the git only version from msysgit without compiler stuff
  2. install msysgit , wich ist the environment / compiler etc.
  3. follow the instructions on https://github.com/nvie/gitflow/wiki/Windows under the msysgit section. Would like to hear, if this works

Dietmar