There's new GIT instructions on Github now

[Jacob Carlborg]

On 2011-05-20 00:45, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> "Andrej Mitrovic"<none at none.none>  wrote in message
> news:ir43p5$21q7$1 at digitalmars.com...
>> I'm not sure when these came out, but the last time I've tried using git
>> and github the instructions were a little bit messed up (i.e. windows
>> instructions mixed up with linux instructions) and I couldn't really get
>> anything to work back then. But they've made new ones, with screenshots
>> and the works:
>>
>> http://help.github.com/win-set-up-git/
>>
>> I've finally managed to make a pull and a push, yay! I'm still trying to
>> figure out an alternative to ssh-agent, since that is unavailable on
>> Windows. Otherwise I'll have to copy/paste the pass all the time or just
>> use a passwordless key (eh, it's not like I'll be storing sensitive
>> information on github..).
>>
>
> I came across some instructions somewhere that involved using something
> called Pageant, and it's working for me. Basically, I gave Pageant the keys,
> set Pageant to load at startup and it sits there in the background handing
> all that git ssh stuff for me. I don't have a clue what any of the details
> were, though. Can't remember. I did install TortoiseGit, too, I don't know
> if that might have something to do with it...  With a brief googling, this
> *might* be it, but I'm not sure:
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3625148/how-do-i-store-a-password-for-my-key-so-i-can-commit-and-pull-from-repository-whe
>
> God I fucking hate broken documentation and half-assed windows ports (which
> Git clearly is)...
>
> Now if only the Dulwich people would quit pretending this was a minor issue:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/dulwich/+bug/670035   ...Then I'd actually be
> able to start using hg-git/TortoiseHg instead of putting up with the
> convoluted mess that git is...(Rebase? Seriously?!)

If it's possible, I would recommend using git via Linux, Mac OS X or 
similar. If you have access to a Linux computer you can use SSH and SSHFS.

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg