On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 01:41:42PM -0700, Matt Seitz (matseitz) wrote: >> When compiled out of the box, the upstream git maintainers >> cater to older cygwin releases, and intentionally disable >> certain features that have been reported on their mailing >> list, even though they work with the latest cygwin. >> Therefore, this build turns those features back on. > >What is the easiest way for me to > >1. find the differences between the upstream git source and the Cygwin git >source >2. apply those changes to an older build of git > >I'd like to try building git 1.5.0.7, with the Cygwin git features turned back >on.
I'd suggest downloading and inspecting the git source packages. You can see a listing of same here: http://cygwin.com/packages/git/git-1.5.5.1-1-src and that should provide some tantalizing clues. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
