[Building Sakai] DRAFT: Installing git on Mac OS X

Mon Oct 12 12:22:43 PDT 2009

Smashing mad awesome.

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Speelmon, Lance Day wrote:
> This is good feedback - thanks.  I have reworked the opening paragraph 
> to cut to the chase.  Does this satisfy?:
>
>
>   Installing git <http://git-scm.com/> on Mac OS X
>
> While there are many ways 
> <http://www.google.com/search?q=Installing+git+on+OS+X> to install git 
> on OS X, the simplest way is to install a pre-compiled binary package. 
> You can find them here: http://git-scm.com/download. If you have any 
> issues with the pre-compiled packages, then try MacPorts 
> <http://www.macports.org/>.
>
>
>
> Lance Speelmon
> Scholarly Technologist
>
> On Oct 12, 2009, at 2:55 PM, Aaron Zeckoski wrote:
>
>> Seriously. Forget out the purist "right way" and make the easy way the
>> obvious one. People are a lot less likely to give up and leave when
>> the instructions are not a mile long. Assume that people are busy and
>> looking at your project is not the most important thing in their lives
>> and they will thank you for it. Link to the more detailed stuff as
>> optional and recommended for the technically advanced.
>>
>> Also, I have had zero issues with the binary version of git so far.
>> Not sure what all the issues you linked were about but this is my
>> experience.
>> -AZ
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 7:38 PM, Steven Githens <swgithen at mtu.edu 
>> <mailto:swgithen at mtu.edu>> wrote:
>>> That's probably fine. Though it kind of makes it sound like you are a
>>> bad person ( honestly, I've been pretty happy with my click install
>>> version of git when I have to use OS X ).
>>>
>>> I just wish our quick start was quicker, for something that is
>>> essentially just a java project people are going to load into Eclipse.
>>>
>>> For instance on the K2 Getting started page couldn't we just say:
>>>
>>> git clone git://github.com/ieb/open-experiments.git
>>> cd open-experiments/slingtests/osgikernel # etc etc.
>>>
>>> I'm a big fan of people having ( github | bitbucket | launchpad )
>>> accounts, but when I want to try out someones project I really just want
>>> to check it out.
>>>
>>> I think it's good that we have these instructions for macports, and
>>> github, and whatever else, but I don't they should preclude fast
>>> instructions for people who just want to get the code and build it.  I
>>> think it's just a matter of providing relative documentation for folks
>>> who wish to do different amounts of customization.
>>>
>>> -s
>>>
>>> Speelmon, Lance Day wrote:
>>>> Okay see if this satisfies:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>       Precompiled Binaries
>>>>
>>>> For those of you that do not have the patience to experience the
>>>> magical goodness of MacPorts, I might suggest downloading a
>>>> precompiled package: http://git-scm.com/download.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Lance Speelmon
>>>> Scholarly Technologist
>>>>
>>>> On Oct 12, 2009, at 1:58 PM, Steven Githens wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Probably still worth linking too though, since it's listed on 
>>>>> their page
>>>>> for OS X, which makes it seems 'official like'.  I agree that macports
>>>>> is nice and I've used it to get The Gimp and Dia, but it seems to 
>>>>> take a
>>>>> really long time, which might be too long for someone who just 
>>>>> wants to
>>>>> check out 3akai and use eclipse.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://git-scm.com/download
>>>>>
>>>>> -s
>>>>>
>>>>> Speelmon, Lance Day wrote:
>>>>>> Yes - it may be easier, but in my experience these 3rd party
>>>>>> packages tend to not be well supported over time and never have the
>>>>>> official blessing of the parent project.  Over the years of trying
>>>>>> to rely on these kinds of packages, I have been sorely disappointed
>>>>>> as they tend to be slow to provide updates.  It makes it hard to
>>>>>> write documentation that can stand the test of time.  MacPorts has
>>>>>> been there for me from day one and has been very consistent.  Not to
>>>>>> mention, you only need to learn it once to get access to over 12,000
>>>>>> applications ported to OSX.  L
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Lance Speelmon
>>>>>> Scholarly Technologist
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Oct 12, 2009, at 1:03 PM, Aaron Zeckoski wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It looks ok, but you should really mention this which is much much
>>>>>>> much easier (and what I use).
>>>>>>> http://code.google.com/p/git-osx-installer/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -AZ
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 6:01 PM, Speelmon, Lance Day
>>>>>>> <lance at indiana.edu <mailto:lance at indiana.edu>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If you have time and interest, I would appreciate your review of a
>>>>>>>> new wiki
>>>>>>>> page:
>>>>>>>> http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/KERNDOC/Installing+git
>>>>>>>> Thanks, L
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Lance Speelmon
>>>>>>>> Scholarly Technologist
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