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<div>'''This page documents how to use [[Git]] from Windows.'''<br />
<br />
== Install MSysGit ==<br />
Take latest on http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/downloads/list .<br />
<br />
And follow installation. It should be straightforward.<br />
<br />
== Install TortoiseGit ==<br />
Take latest 32bits version on http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/downloads/list .<br />
<br />
Start and follow installation until success.<br />
You may need to point where MSysGit is after installation (point it to the bin/ folder).<br />
<br />
== Checkout a project ==<br />
Open explorer, create a folder named VideoLAN.<br />
<br />
Enter it.<br />
<br />
Right click, select ''Git Clone'' and enter one of the VideoLAN project.<br />
<br />
In the URL text box fill in the following: "git://git.videolan.org/x264.git"<br />
<br />
Accept and wait.<br />
<br />
== Cygwin git issue ==<br />
'''Note for Windows users using [http://www.cygwin.com Cygwin] (linux-like build environment):'''<br />
<br />
Applies to:<br />
<br />
Windows XP Service Pack 2 with Security Update '''KB925902''' installed<br />
Windows XP Service Pack 3<br />
<br />
There is a problem on Windows XP (and possibly on other Microsoft Operating Systems) with 'git clone' which aborts unexpectedly with a Cygwin error during the 'checking out files' (reproducable every time and at the same percentage) at the end of the clone procedure:<br />
<br />
$ 2 [main] git 4012 D:\cygwin\bin\git.exe:<br />
*** fatal error - '''could not load shell32, Win32 error 487'''<br />
<br />
This has been verified (May 22, 2008) against the currently available Cygwin 1.5.25-12 with git package versions 1.5.5.1-1 and 1.5.4-1 and is a generic problem which also affects cloning from other git repositories (although x264.git seems unaffected).<br />
<br />
The issue is referred to in the mail archives of the Cygwin project mailing list here <br />
[http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2007-07/msg00858.html Git error on Cygwin].<br />
<br />
By eliminating the impossible, whatever remained, however improbable, it is the following Windows Security Update (April 3, 2007) which is actually the cause of the Cygwin issue: [http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-017.mspx Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-017 - Vulnerabilities in GDI Could Allow Remote Code Execution (925902)]<br />
<br />
Even though the same Security Update applies to the following systems, these are reported not to be affected:<br />
<br />
Windows Vista Service Pack 1<br />
Windows 2003 Server Standard Service Pack 2<br />
<br />
''It is possible to get 'git clone' working again on the affected systems by removing the Security Update (KB925902) but this is obviously not recommended for security reasons.''<br />
<br />
---<br />
<br />
To use git with Cygwin (for WinXP) do this:<br />
<br />
[Start][Run] and type "cmd".<br />
<br />
<br />
Change to the directory where you desire to download x264 to:<br />
<br />
cd c:\ffmpeg-SVN\<br />
<br />
<br />
If you have installed Cygwin in the standard location then type this:<br />
<br />
C:\ffmpeg-SVN\>c:\cygwin\bin\git clone git://git.videolan.org/x264.git<br />
<br />
Initialized empty Git repository in /cygdrive/c/ffmpeg-SVN/x264/.git/<br><br />
remote: Generating pack...<br><br />
remote: Done counting 6710 objects.<br><br />
remote: Deltifying 6710 objects...<br><br />
remote: 100% (6710/6710) done<br><br />
remote: Total 6710 (delta 5345), reused 156 (delta 123) :<br><br />
Receiving objects: 100% (6710/6710), 1.63 MiB | 25 KiB/s, done.<br><br />
Resolving deltas: 100% (5345/5345), done.<br><br />
<br />
<br />
You can use Cygwin's git under the DOS shell but if you try the same <br />
command under the Cygwin (Bash) shell you get an error message.<br />
<br />
---</div>Danieljhttps://wiki.videolan.org/index.php?title=Git_Windows&diff=14484Git Windows2009-07-10T11:42:48Z<p>Danielj: /* Checkout a project */</p>
<hr />
<div>'''This page documents how to use [[Git]] from Windows.'''<br />
<br />
== Install MSysGit ==<br />
Take latest on http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/downloads/list .<br />
<br />
And follow installation. It should be straightforward.<br />
<br />
== Install TortoiseGit ==<br />
Take latest 32bits version on http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/downloads/list .<br />
<br />
Start and follow installation until success.<br />
You may need to point where MSysGit is after installation (point it to the bin/ folder).<br />
<br />
== Checkout a project ==<br />
Open explorer, create a folder named VideoLAN.<br />
<br />
Enter it.<br />
<br />
Right click, select ''Git Clone'' and enter one of the VideoLAN project.<br />
<br />
In the URL text box fill in the following: "git://git.videolan.org/x264.git"<br />
Accept and wait.<br />
<br />
== Cygwin git issue ==<br />
'''Note for Windows users using [http://www.cygwin.com Cygwin] (linux-like build environment):'''<br />
<br />
Applies to:<br />
<br />
Windows XP Service Pack 2 with Security Update '''KB925902''' installed<br />
Windows XP Service Pack 3<br />
<br />
There is a problem on Windows XP (and possibly on other Microsoft Operating Systems) with 'git clone' which aborts unexpectedly with a Cygwin error during the 'checking out files' (reproducable every time and at the same percentage) at the end of the clone procedure:<br />
<br />
$ 2 [main] git 4012 D:\cygwin\bin\git.exe:<br />
*** fatal error - '''could not load shell32, Win32 error 487'''<br />
<br />
This has been verified (May 22, 2008) against the currently available Cygwin 1.5.25-12 with git package versions 1.5.5.1-1 and 1.5.4-1 and is a generic problem which also affects cloning from other git repositories (although x264.git seems unaffected).<br />
<br />
The issue is referred to in the mail archives of the Cygwin project mailing list here <br />
[http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2007-07/msg00858.html Git error on Cygwin].<br />
<br />
By eliminating the impossible, whatever remained, however improbable, it is the following Windows Security Update (April 3, 2007) which is actually the cause of the Cygwin issue: [http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-017.mspx Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-017 - Vulnerabilities in GDI Could Allow Remote Code Execution (925902)]<br />
<br />
Even though the same Security Update applies to the following systems, these are reported not to be affected:<br />
<br />
Windows Vista Service Pack 1<br />
Windows 2003 Server Standard Service Pack 2<br />
<br />
''It is possible to get 'git clone' working again on the affected systems by removing the Security Update (KB925902) but this is obviously not recommended for security reasons.''<br />
<br />
---<br />
<br />
To use git with Cygwin (for WinXP) do this:<br />
<br />
[Start][Run] and type "cmd".<br />
<br />
<br />
Change to the directory where you desire to download x264 to:<br />
<br />
cd c:\ffmpeg-SVN\<br />
<br />
<br />
If you have installed Cygwin in the standard location then type this:<br />
<br />
C:\ffmpeg-SVN\>c:\cygwin\bin\git clone git://git.videolan.org/x264.git<br />
<br />
Initialized empty Git repository in /cygdrive/c/ffmpeg-SVN/x264/.git/<br><br />
remote: Generating pack...<br><br />
remote: Done counting 6710 objects.<br><br />
remote: Deltifying 6710 objects...<br><br />
remote: 100% (6710/6710) done<br><br />
remote: Total 6710 (delta 5345), reused 156 (delta 123) :<br><br />
Receiving objects: 100% (6710/6710), 1.63 MiB | 25 KiB/s, done.<br><br />
Resolving deltas: 100% (5345/5345), done.<br><br />
<br />
<br />
You can use Cygwin's git under the DOS shell but if you try the same <br />
command under the Cygwin (Bash) shell you get an error message.<br />
<br />
---</div>Danielj