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Git in Windows is currently (11/2011) in a sorry state of affairs. This is mainly due to msysgit being the "official git Windows client" and being a big bloated sac of crap. | Git in Windows is currently (11/2011) in a sorry state of affairs. This is mainly due to msysgit being the "official git Windows client" and being a big bloated sac of crap. Egit via Eclipse is a nice gui alternative, and TortoiseGit may get polished enough some day. But we want to use it from Windows batch files. Enough whining, let's do it. | ||
* Install msysgit | * Install msysgit | ||
** Tell it to use plink | ** Tell it to use external plink for ssh | ||
* | ** You want it to be reachable from the Windows path, select this option during the install (or add it yourself) | ||
* Make sure putty is installed with a valid ssh session, and remember to fire up pageant with your ssh key imported before using git | |||
* Install notepad++, a nice reliable simple Windows editor. | * Install notepad++, a nice reliable simple Windows editor. | ||
** Set up a batch file to run notepad++ – make sure that the batch file does not have any spaces in the path to it – I named mine [c:\npp.bat] | ** Set up a batch file to run notepad++ – make sure that the batch file does not have any spaces or quotes in the path to it – I named mine [c:\npp.bat]. | ||
<pre | <pre>#!/bin/sh | ||
"C:/Michae~1/System~1/npp/notepad++.exe" -multiInst "$*" | "C:/Michae~1/System~1/npp/notepad++.exe" -multiInst "$*"</pre> | ||
* | * From a command prompt, configure git to use the editor as follows: | ||
<pre>git config --global core.editor C:/npp.bat</pre> | |||
<pre | |||
* Set up a scripts directory in your Windows path. Mine is: C:\Michael's Data\development\thedigitalage\hangthedj\windows_scripts | * Set up a scripts directory in your Windows path. Mine is: C:\Michael's Data\development\thedigitalage\hangthedj\windows_scripts | ||
* Set up an "update" script like this: | * Set up an "update" script like this: | ||
<pre | <pre>@echo off | ||
c: | c: | ||
set BASEDIR=C:\Michael's Data\development | set BASEDIR=C:\Michael's Data\development | ||
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cd %BASEDIR%/Reusable | cd %BASEDIR%/Reusable | ||
call git pull | call git pull | ||
</pre> | |||
* Set up a "commit" script like this: | * Set up a "commit" script like this: | ||
<pre | <pre>@echo off | ||
c: | c: | ||
set BASEDIR=C:\Michael's Data\development | set BASEDIR=C:\Michael's Data\development | ||
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echo --- Reusable | echo --- Reusable | ||
cd %BASEDIR%/Reusable && call git commit -a && call git push | cd %BASEDIR%/Reusable && call git commit -a && call git push | ||
</pre> | |||
* You can call your scripts to get the job done. You can also use git right from any command prompt now. Yay! | |||
Latest revision as of 00:15, 26 November 2011
Git in Windows is currently (11/2011) in a sorry state of affairs. This is mainly due to msysgit being the "official git Windows client" and being a big bloated sac of crap. Egit via Eclipse is a nice gui alternative, and TortoiseGit may get polished enough some day. But we want to use it from Windows batch files. Enough whining, let's do it.
- Install msysgit
- Tell it to use external plink for ssh
- You want it to be reachable from the Windows path, select this option during the install (or add it yourself)
- Make sure putty is installed with a valid ssh session, and remember to fire up pageant with your ssh key imported before using git
- Install notepad++, a nice reliable simple Windows editor.
- Set up a batch file to run notepad++ – make sure that the batch file does not have any spaces or quotes in the path to it – I named mine [c:\npp.bat].
#!/bin/sh "C:/Michae~1/System~1/npp/notepad++.exe" -multiInst "$*"
- From a command prompt, configure git to use the editor as follows:
git config --global core.editor C:/npp.bat
- Set up a scripts directory in your Windows path. Mine is: C:\Michael's Data\development\thedigitalage\hangthedj\windows_scripts
- Set up an "update" script like this:
@echo off c: set BASEDIR=C:\Michael's Data\development set EDITOR=C:/npp.bat echo --- log cd %BASEDIR%/thedigitalage/log call git pull echo --- hangthedj cd %BASEDIR%/thedigitalage/hangthedj call git pull echo --- ampache_tda cd %BASEDIR%/thedigitalage/ampache_tda/3.5 call git pull echo --- website cd %BASEDIR%/thedigitalage/website call git pull echo --- philanthropy_engine cd %BASEDIR%/thedigitalage/philanthropy_engine call git pull echo --- Reusable cd %BASEDIR%/Reusable call git pull
- Set up a "commit" script like this:
@echo off c: set BASEDIR=C:\Michael's Data\development set EDITOR=C:/npp.bat echo --- log cd %BASEDIR%/thedigitalage/log && call git commit -a -m "Another log commit, from wimpy-windows" && call git push echo --- hangthedj cd %BASEDIR%/thedigitalage/hangthedj && call git commit -a && call git push echo --- ampache_tda cd %BASEDIR%/thedigitalage/ampache_tda/3.5 && call git commit -a && call git push echo --- website cd %BASEDIR%/thedigitalage/website && call git commit -a && call git push echo --- philanthropy_engine cd %BASEDIR%/thedigitalage/philanthropy_engine && call git commit -a && call git push echo --- Reusable cd %BASEDIR%/Reusable && call git commit -a && call git push
- You can call your scripts to get the job done. You can also use git right from any command prompt now. Yay!