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msysGit-based Git for Windows 1.x is now superseded by Git for Windows 2.x
http://github.com/git-for-windows/git
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Why old version of grep? #347

Closed cool-RR closed 9 years ago

cool-RR commented 9 years ago

I see that the version of grep I have that I got from msysgit is 2.4.2, which is pretty old. It doesn't have the -o flag. How can I get an updated version? Why doesn't Msysgit have the most recent version of such tools?

linquize commented 9 years ago

Please use git for windows 2.x (https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases) if you need newer versions of grep, bash as well as other unix utilities.

cool-RR commented 9 years ago

Awesome, thank you!

On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 1:01 PM, linquize notifications@github.com wrote:

Please use git for windows 2.x ( https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases) if you need newer versions of grep, bash as well as other unix utilities.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/msysgit/git/issues/347#issuecomment-101605522.

dscho commented 9 years ago

Why doesn't Msysgit have the most recent version of such tools?

Heh... The common answer in Open Source projects is: because no contributor (such as yourself) improved the situation...

In any case, your problem is solved, it seems, even if the Git for Windows 2.x developers' preview is technically intended for an audience of developers who want to help with the development of Git for Windows itself.