Git-flow on Windows

I had to spend a day on Windows (OS) today.
Making bunch of open source tools (git  aka msysgit, ssh, cmake, nmake etc.) to work together on Windows is not that pretty.

I really like using git-flow that streamlines the development process with git very nicely.
Here is the useful link on how to get git flow playing nicely with msysgit:
http://blog.reichertconsulting.com/archive/2011/07/04/git-flow-installation-on-windows-using-msysgit.aspx

Basically you would have to get the missing getopt.exe with dependencies from http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/util-linux-ng.htm.

Hope this saves you a bit of time.

Ant macros for Git checkout

...just stumbled upon a couple of useful macros for git checkout here :

http://tlrobinson.net/blog/2008/11/ant-tasks-for-git/

<macrodef name = "git">
    <attribute name = "command" />
    <attribute name = "dir" default = "" />
    <element name = "args" optional = "true" />
    <sequential>
        <echo message = "git @{command}" />
        <exec executable = "git" dir = "@{dir}">
            <arg value = "@{command}" />
            <args/>
        </exec>
    </sequential>
</macrodef>
<macrodef name = "git-clone-pull">
    <attribute name = "repository" />
    <attribute name = "dest" />
    <sequential>
        <git command = "clone">
            <args>
                <arg value = "@{repository}" />
                <arg value = "@{dest}" />
            </args>
        </git>
        <git command = "pull" dir = "@{dest}" />
    </sequential>
</macrodef>

Improved Git development model

If you are just starting to utilize Git in your team I would highly recommend to take a look at the git-flow https://github.com/nvie/gitflow and read the following article:
http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/

Enjoy!