I have put together an alternate way to install and update the Git version. It uses Powershell, a scripting environment available from Windows 7 onwards.
Everything is in two files:
- Git-Install.ps1 downloads the Git repository (it also makes sure not to install over an existing mod folder, and renames the new folder to the right name).
- Git-Update.ps1 updates the Git repository to the most recent version.
How to get them:
- Git-Install.ps1 can be downloaded here.
- Git-Update.ps1 is part of the Git repo, so you get it as soon as the repo is downloaded.
To use them you have to do some setup first:
- run Powershell as Administrator (in Windows 7 you can find it under Accessories, don't know about newer versions).
- type "Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted"
After that, you can run the scripts by right clicking them and selecting "run with Powershell" (or similar). A window should open describing the progress of the operation (it will immediately close when finished). Git-Install will download the mod where it is executed, so you have to put it into the Mods folder. Git-Update needs to be executed inside the DoC folder where it is initially located.
What's the point of this?
- you don't have to install Tortoise if you don't want to, and don't have to bother with the idiosyncracies of Git
- I can include some extra steps that are required to get the mod running, like having the right folder names
- further down the line (this is still a long way off) I might make some changes to how the mod files are stored that could lead to some additional complications when using Git. In this case I can adapt the script to hide these complications from you and keep everything simple from a user perspective
- note that as a modder, or if you want to do things like reverting versions, you still have to use Tortoise
Note on compatibility: you can use this and Tortoise interchangeably, both ultimately simply use the git command line, and there are no potential conflicts.
Everything is in two files:
- Git-Install.ps1 downloads the Git repository (it also makes sure not to install over an existing mod folder, and renames the new folder to the right name).
- Git-Update.ps1 updates the Git repository to the most recent version.
How to get them:
- Git-Install.ps1 can be downloaded here.
- Git-Update.ps1 is part of the Git repo, so you get it as soon as the repo is downloaded.
To use them you have to do some setup first:
- run Powershell as Administrator (in Windows 7 you can find it under Accessories, don't know about newer versions).
- type "Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted"
Spoiler What does that imply? :
After that, you can run the scripts by right clicking them and selecting "run with Powershell" (or similar). A window should open describing the progress of the operation (it will immediately close when finished). Git-Install will download the mod where it is executed, so you have to put it into the Mods folder. Git-Update needs to be executed inside the DoC folder where it is initially located.
What's the point of this?
- you don't have to install Tortoise if you don't want to, and don't have to bother with the idiosyncracies of Git
- I can include some extra steps that are required to get the mod running, like having the right folder names
- further down the line (this is still a long way off) I might make some changes to how the mod files are stored that could lead to some additional complications when using Git. In this case I can adapt the script to hide these complications from you and keep everything simple from a user perspective
- note that as a modder, or if you want to do things like reverting versions, you still have to use Tortoise
Note on compatibility: you can use this and Tortoise interchangeably, both ultimately simply use the git command line, and there are no potential conflicts.
