From d9ffc66d679cdf45617e7575197d4c79deba20f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Campagnaro Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2017 19:29:40 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Update windows readme --- windows/readme.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/windows/readme.md b/windows/readme.md index a82bed2..07f94f7 100644 --- a/windows/readme.md +++ b/windows/readme.md @@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ * Run `pacman -S base-devel mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain git` * Use `C:\Users\` as the terminal $HOME by editting `C:\msys64\etc\nsswitch.conf` and changing the `db_home` value to `windows`. +* You may need to work around an issue with envsubst.exe - you'll know there's a bug if git + displays "': not a valid identifierline 89: export: dashless" or rebase complains about "new_count". + * To patch, cd into `/mingw64/bin` and run `mv envsubst.exe envsubst.exe_backup`. Now run `pacman -S gettext` + and verify that `which envsubst` reports back `/usr/bin/envsubst`. + * Bug report is at https://github.com/Alexpux/MSYS2-packages/issues/735 * Map caps to left-ctrl using https://sharpkeys.codeplex.com/ * Symlink dotfiles to ~/.dotfiles with `cmd //c 'mklink .dotfiles drive:\path\to\dotfiles'` * Symlink files in the dotfiles windows folder using `cmd //c 'mklink .some-file .dotfiles\some-file'`