The Real Portable Git™

Author: jlord

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+README.portable
+=======================
+
+This version of Git for Windows is portable, i.e. does not need to
+be installed. It will run from any directory you place it in, even
+from a USB thumbdrive. It will not write permanent entries into the
+Windows registry. It does not need administrator privileges to "install".
+
+
+Installation
+------------
+
+This package is contained in a 7-zip archive with a file name of the form
+'PortableGit-<versionstring>.7z.exe'.  It is a self-extracting archive:
+you can (double-)click it and it will ask for the desired target directory
+(which defaults to C:\Program Files\Git). You may change that as needed or
+desired. Your user account needs write access to the selected directory.
+(You can move that directory with all its contents to a different place or
+computer at any time should you later desire so).
+
+
+Functional differences to the non-portable Git for Windows
+----------------------------------------------------------
+
+This version does not offer you the convenient right-click context menu
+entries "Git GUI Here" and "Git Bash Here", because these would require
+to add entries into the Windows registry.
+
+
+Warning
+-------
+
+Since this portable package does not modify any Windows %path%
+variables, it is not possible to run the git.exe and gitk.exe files
+directly. Start the Git Bash or Git Cmd instead, or add the cmd/ folder
+to your %path%.
+
+
+How to start using PortableGit
+------------------------------
+
+If you are comfortable with a Unix-like shell, just launch 'git-bash.exe'.
+
+If not, just launch 'git-cmd.exe'.
+
+Alternatively, you can execute these commands to modify the %path%
+variable temporarily:
+
+        set gitdir=c:\portablegit
+        set path=%gitdir%\cmd;%path%
+
+Adjust the 'gitdir' according to your setup.  As long as you do not
+close the command window, you can now simply type "git" or "gitk" to
+really call "c:\portablegit\cmd\git.cmd" or "c:\portablegit\cmd\gitk.cmd".
+
+By default, git-cmd and git-bash use the directory they were started from as
+the working directory when run. You can override this by passing --cd-to-home
+to them, which will set the user's home directory as the working directory (as
+if Git for Windows was installed).
+
+In addition, if you set the HOME environment variable (either permanently or
+for the current session only) you can make Git store the configuration files
+and the cloned repositories in the directory specified in that variable. And if
+you specify --cd-to-home, git-bash and git-cmd will use that as the
+working directory, too. For example:
+
+        set HOME=%cd%/home
+        git --cd-to-home
+will use the relative directory named home (%cd% specifies the current
+directory).
+
+Quick start
+-----------
+
+Start configuring git with your personal settings:
+        git config --global user.name "Joe Sixpack"
+        git config --global user.email joe.sixpack@g_mail.com
+
+Start using git:
+        git --help
+
+
+How to change %path% permanently
+--------------------------------
+
+You may also want to make the modification to the %path% variable a
+permanent one. The %path% variable may be changed:
+
+* either on a System level (for all users in the lower pane), if you are
+  an Administrator
+* or for your own user account only (in the upper pane).
+
+To change the %path% variable permanently:
+
+* right-click "My Computer",
+* select "Properties",
+* open "Advanced",
+* click "Environment Variables",
+* highlight the "Path" variable,
+* click "Edit" (either in upper or in lower pane),
+* add your specific path to front of "Variable value" field, separated
+  by a semicolon from the existing entry.
+

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+@REM Do not use "echo off" to not affect any child calls.
+
+@REM Enable extensions, the `verify` call is a trick from the setlocal help
+@VERIFY other 2>nul
+@SETLOCAL EnableDelayedExpansion
+@IF ERRORLEVEL 1 (
+    @ECHO Unable to enable extensions
+    @GOTO failure
+)
+
+@REM Start the ssh-agent if needed by git
+@FOR %%i IN ("git.exe") DO @SET GIT=%%~$PATH:i
+@IF EXIST "%GIT%" @(
+    @REM Get the ssh-agent executable
+    @FOR %%i IN ("ssh-agent.exe") DO @SET SSH_AGENT=%%~$PATH:i
+    @IF NOT EXIST "%SSH_AGENT%" @(
+        @FOR %%s IN ("%GIT%") DO @SET GIT_DIR=%%~dps
+        @FOR %%s IN ("!GIT_DIR!") DO @SET GIT_DIR=!GIT_DIR:~0,-1!
+        @FOR %%s IN ("!GIT_DIR!") DO @SET GIT_ROOT=%%~dps
+        @FOR %%s IN ("!GIT_ROOT!") DO @SET GIT_ROOT=!GIT_ROOT:~0,-1!
+        @FOR /D %%s in ("!GIT_ROOT!\usr\bin\ssh-agent.exe") DO @SET SSH_AGENT=%%~s
+        @IF NOT EXIST "!SSH_AGENT!" @GOTO ssh-agent-done
+    )
+    @REM Get the ssh-add executable
+    @FOR %%s IN ("!SSH_AGENT!") DO @SET BIN_DIR=%%~dps
+    @FOR %%s in ("!BIN_DIR!") DO @SET BIN_DIR=!BIN_DIR:~0,-1!
+    @FOR /D %%s in ("!BIN_DIR!\ssh-add.exe") DO @SET SSH_ADD=%%~s
+    @IF NOT EXIST "!SSH_ADD!" @GOTO ssh-agent-done
+    @REM Check if the agent is running
+    @FOR /f "tokens=1-2" %%a IN ('tasklist /fi "imagename eq ssh-agent.exe"') DO @(
+        @ECHO %%b | @FINDSTR /r /c:"[0-9][0-9]*" > NUL
+        @IF "!ERRORLEVEL!" == "0" @(
+            @SET SSH_AGENT_PID=%%b
+        ) else @(
+            @REM Unset in the case a user kills the agent while a session is open
+            @REM needed to remove the old files and prevent a false message
+            @SET SSH_AGENT_PID=
+        )
+    )
+    @REM Connect up the current ssh-agent
+    @IF [!SSH_AGENT_PID!] == []  @(
+        @ECHO Removing old ssh-agent sockets
+        @FOR /d %%d IN (%TEMP%\ssh-??????*) DO @RMDIR /s /q %%d
+    ) ELSE  @(
+        @ECHO Found ssh-agent at !SSH_AGENT_PID!
+        @FOR /d %%d IN (%TEMP%\ssh-??????*) DO @(
+            @FOR %%f IN (%%d\agent.*) DO @(
+                @SET SSH_AUTH_SOCK=%%f
+                @SET SSH_AUTH_SOCK=!SSH_AUTH_SOCK:%TEMP%=/tmp!
+                @SET SSH_AUTH_SOCK=!SSH_AUTH_SOCK:\=/!
+            )
+        )
+        @IF NOT [!SSH_AUTH_SOCK!] == [] @(
+            @ECHO Found ssh-agent socket at !SSH_AUTH_SOCK!
+        ) ELSE (
+            @ECHO Failed to find ssh-agent socket
+            @SET SSH_AGENT_PID=
+        )
+    )
+    @REM See if we have the key
+    @SET "HOME=%USERPROFILE%"
+    @"!SSH_ADD!" -l 1>NUL 2>NUL
+    @SET result=!ERRORLEVEL!
+    @IF NOT !result! == 0 @(
+        @IF !result! == 2 @(
+            @ECHO | @SET /p=Starting ssh-agent:
+            @FOR /f "tokens=1-2 delims==;" %%a IN ('"!SSH_AGENT!"') DO @(
+                @IF NOT [%%b] == [] @SET %%a=%%b
+            )
+            @ECHO. done
+        )
+        @"!SSH_ADD!"
+        @ECHO.
+    )
+)
+
+:ssh-agent-done
+:failure
+
+@ENDLOCAL & @SET "SSH_AUTH_SOCK=%SSH_AUTH_SOCK%" ^
+          & @SET "SSH_AGENT_PID=%SSH_AGENT_PID%"
+
+@ECHO %cmdcmdline% | @FINDSTR /l "\"\"" >NUL
+@IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 1 @(
+    @CALL cmd %*
+)