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git edited this page Sep 12, 2010 · 4 revisions

Welcome to the git wiki!

This is the Git for Windows wiki. See how-to-participate.

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0. Index
32 bit issues
Adding regression tests
Auto launching ssh agent when git starts
Backporting upstream Git patches
Building Git
Building msys2 runtime
Building new package versions
Compiling Git with Visual Studio
Contact
Continuous Integration (CI)
Debugging Git
Diagnosing performance issues
exec() semantics
FAQ
File names, Branch names, Path quotation, Executable bit and file modes, core.FileMode
Git cannot create a file or directory with a long path
Git wrapper
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How to participate
Install inside MSYS2 proper
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Issue reporting guidelines
Making a portable Git
Making an installer
Mapping between Git Installer GUI Settings And Command Line Arguments
Merge Conflicts Resolving and Remembering them
MinGit
MSYS2 Notes
OpenSSH Integration with Pageant
Package management
Performance profiling with Visual Studio
Rebasing Git for Windows
Release Hashes
Releasing Git for Windows
Running Git's regression tests
Setting your Core.Editor (e.g. Notepad Plus Plus)
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Sourcetrail code viewer and linkage to Visual Studio, for Git
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Technical overview
The difference between MINGW and MSYS2
Updating your SDK
Upgrading the `perl` component to a new version
Using an external OpenSSH client
Using sshd to host a git server
Vagrant
Versioning
Visual Studio and MSVC compilation
Why Git for Windows does not work with Mandatory Address Space Layout Randomization
Zip Archives extracting the released archives

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