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Reputation: 7753

which msysgit version to download?

I gave up on cygwin's version of Git, and now I would like install msysgit instead.

The problem is... they are all preview versions.

I need Git for production. Is there a stable release out there?

To further complicate matters, I have been working (checking in and out) with git version 1.7.5.1 on cygwin... Does this change the answer?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 2222

Answers (2)

Philip Oakley
Philip Oakley

Reputation: 14101

The reason for the 'preview' is in the msysGit repo in the file HowToRelease.txt.

I think that msysGit is getting close to meeting the criteria suggested of:

A setup executable is named as follows

 - it starts with Git;
 - followed by the official git version if the release is closely
   related to a specific version of official git;
 - followed by
    * preview<date>, for snapshot builds.
    * winrc#, if we reach a certain quality level and plan to release
      a stable version.  If no bugs are found, this can be upgraded
      to a stable release.  We use winrc instead of simply rc to avoid
      confusion with official release candidates.  The prefix "win"
      clearly indicates that the tag is about the Windows release.

Given the general quality and stability of msysGit it may be that there is an alternative that better reflects that feeling on the msysGit list [email protected]

Upvotes: 3

JaredPar
JaredPar

Reputation: 755587

I also find it frustrating that mysisgit only lists preview versions. However i've been running them for almost 2 years now and have seen no ill effects. I would just download the latest preview version and go with that.

Upvotes: 7

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