On Windows, hyfetch offers to install a "minimal package for Git" if bash.exe is not found in Git's default installation path or %PATH%. However, this feature has two problems that prevent it from working.
It attempts to download into min_git folder which does not exist after fresh install.
It downloads the MinGit variant, which does not contain Git Bash at all!! That means even after successfully extracting the package, bash.exe still can't be found.
This pull request fixes these by auto-creating the folder and downloading the full Git package instead, with corresponding change in output message.
TODO: It would be better to install a standalone version of MinGW Bash, instead of downloading a full Git only for the Bash.
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Screenshots
Before the fix (caused by nonexistent min_git):
After the fix (working properly):
Additional context
More problems exist with the (un)installation of hyfetch on Windows, especially when installing from Git or local directory instead of pypi. I'll open an issue for that.
Description
On Windows, hyfetch offers to install a "minimal package for Git" if
bash.exeis not found in Git's default installation path or%PATH%. However, this feature has two problems that prevent it from working.min_gitfolder which does not exist after fresh install.MinGitvariant, which does not contain Git Bash at all!! That means even after successfully extracting the package,bash.exestill can't be found.This pull request fixes these by auto-creating the folder and downloading the full Git package instead, with corresponding change in output message.
TODO: It would be better to install a standalone version of MinGW Bash, instead of downloading a full Git only for the Bash.
Relevant Links
Screenshots
Before the fix (caused by nonexistent
min_git):After the fix (working properly):
Additional context
More problems exist with the (un)installation of hyfetch on Windows, especially when installing from Git or local directory instead of pypi. I'll open an issue for that.