Installing Git

SBT will require git in order to build Daffodil.

Windows:

1. Go to: http://msysgit.github.com/
2. Under 'Git for Windows' (the one on the left), click 'On Google Code'
3. Download and run the latest version. (Of this writing it was Git-1.8.1.2-preview20130201.exe)
4. Setup starts, click Next.
5. GNU General Public License, click Next.
6. Select Directory. Click Next.
7. Select Components.
   1. Leave as-is.  
   2. Click Next
8. Select Start Menu Folder.
   1. Leave as-is.
   2. Click Next
9. Adjusting your PATH environment
   1. Select 'Run Git from the Windows Command Prompt'.
   2. Click Next.
10. Configuring the line ending conversions
    1. Select 'Checkout as-is, commit Unix-style line endings' or 'Checkout Windows-style, commit Unix-style line endings'.
    2. Click Next.
11. Click Finish.

Linux:

Open a Terminal and enter the following:

$ su
$ yum install git

Accept any dependencies (type 'y' and hit enter).

Verify that git was installed by typing the following into the Terminal:

$ exit
$ git --version

You should receive some version information about git at this point.