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A fork of Git containing Windows-specific patches.
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windows portable download is in exe instead of zip #4950

Closed f1-outsourcing closed 4 months ago

f1-outsourcing commented 4 months ago

The whole idea about portable is not wanting to run an installer

https://git-scm.com/download/win

rimrul commented 4 months ago

The whole idea about portable is not wanting to run an installer

https://git-scm.com/download/win

And it's not an installer, it's a self extracting 7-zip archive.

f1-outsourcing commented 4 months ago

How do you know? Portable files are zip

rimrul commented 4 months ago

How do you know?

Because I know how the portable files are generated.

Portable files are zip

Some are, some aren't. The Git for Windows ones aren't.

f1-outsourcing commented 4 months ago

But nobody cares that you know. How should any user know? The reason they invented file extensions, is they give some sort of idea what they are/do.

rimrul commented 4 months ago

How should any user know?

https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/wiki/Zip-Archives---extracting-the-released-archives

I think that's not the only location it's documented, but that's the first I found.

The reason they invented file extensions, is they give some sort of idea what they are/do.

And .exe is a perfectly reasonable extensions for Windows executables.

But nobody cares that you know.

And I don't care much about continuing this fruitless conversation.

f1-outsourcing commented 4 months ago

How should any user know?

https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/wiki/Zip-Archives---extracting-the-released-archives

I think that's not the only location it's documented, but that's the first I found.

You have to directly write it above the file or maybe you can rename the file to

PortableGit-2.45.0-64-bit-rename-extension-to-zip

RobThree commented 4 months ago

@rimrul Take a look at this clowns other "contibutions". He's just an allround a-hole. Ignore this guy. Better: block him.

dscho commented 4 months ago

@RobThree please watch your language. I want a welcoming and inviting culture here, and what you said wasn't, however well-intentioned it might have been.

@f1-outsourcing I understand that you are frustrated, but venting in such entitled a manner will only accomplish one thing: to alienate the very people you would like to help you. It is also very much outside the lines of our code of conduct. Please reflect on that before asking for any further assistance in this project.