Help!!! git on cygwin not working
June 24, 2008
Is there anyone out there that has instructions on how to get git working under cygwin?
I’ve downloaded cygwin and followed the instructions for installing git from the official page.
Everything looks great, but when I try to execute any git commands… nothing happens!?! Even a simple “git –version” returns nothing. I’m at a lost on what could possibly be wrong.
I’ve even tried uninstalling and reinstalling and even installed on a different machine and still the same thing. Is there something special I should be doing after the cygwin install?
June 24, 2008 at 2:55 pm
I am having the same problem. I have a feeling it has to do with the new 1.5.6 release, but I’m not sure, and I haven’t been able to figure it out yet. Any luck?
June 24, 2008 at 3:06 pm
actually when installing cygwin, if you click on the git option a couple of times, it will give you the option of installing the 1.5.5 version. I tried installing that and got the same problem.
June 24, 2008 at 4:28 pm
You can ask this question on #git IRC channel on FreeNode, on git mailing list git@vger.kernel.org (please mark that you are not subscribed if you are not subscribed), or git-users Google Group.
November 8, 2008 at 3:37 am
i just ran into this…
after running “strace git”, an error message popped up saying “cygcurl-4.dll” wasn’t in cygwin/bin… so I installed the “curl” package from the cygwin setup and it worked