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Once msysGit is installed, browse to your <tt>FlightGear/data</tt> directory and right click. Choosing the "Git Bash" option pops up a command prompt. Add the following command and press Enter.
Once msysGit is installed, browse to your <tt>FlightGear/data</tt> directory and right click. Choosing the "Git Bash" option pops up a command prompt. Add the following command and press Enter.


  git clone git://gitorious.org/fg/fgdata.git D:/FlightGear/data
  git clone git://mapserver.flightgear.org/fgdata/


Now msysGit will pull the entire fgdata package into your <tt>FlightGear/data</tt> directory. '''This can take up to a couple of hours on slow internet connections!'''
Now msysGit will pull the entire fgdata package into your <tt>FlightGear/data</tt> directory. '''This can take up to a couple of hours on slow internet connections!'''
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===Getting the binary===
===Getting the binary===
Now we've got all the data, we need to have a binary, which contains the actual software that runs FlightGear. Go to ftp://ftp.ihg.uni-duisburg.de/FlightGear/Win32 and download the latest <tt>fgrun+fgfs-osg-win32-git.zip</tt> file that is available. Unpack the file in your <tt>FlightGear/bin/win32</tt> directory.
Now we've got all the data, we need to have a binary, which contains the actual software that runs FlightGear. Go to ftp://ftp.ihg.uni-duisburg.de/FlightGear/Win32 and download the latest <tt>fgrun+fgfs-osg-win32-git.zip</tt> file that is available. Unpack the file in your <tt>FlightGear/bin/win32</tt> directory.
If your antivirus warns you of a trojan, ignore. AVG and avast! are known for false positives.


===Running FlightGear===
===Running FlightGear===
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# Download the latest binary, as described in [[#Getting the binary|Getting the binary]] and overwrite the old one in <tt>FlightGear/bin/win32</tt> (instead you could rename the current binary's directory to something like win32_latest, in case the newer binary doesn't work well).
# Download the latest binary, as described in [[#Getting the binary|Getting the binary]] and overwrite the old one in <tt>FlightGear/bin/win32</tt> (instead you could rename the current binary's directory to something like win32_latest, in case the newer binary doesn't work well).
# Update your <tt>FlightGear/data/</tt> directory, to match it with the binary. For smooth operations, it is very important to have data and a binary from matching dates!
# Update your <tt>FlightGear/data/</tt> directory, to match it with the binary. For smooth operations, it is very important to have data and a binary from matching dates!
## Find out what date your just downloaded binary was created.
## Open Git Bash and go to your <tt>FlightGear/data/</tt> directory by using the "cd" command. Run "git pull" and let it update.
## Find out what's the version of the latest commit of the day before that day, through the [http://gitorious.org/fg/fgdata/commits/master Gitorious log]. A version-"number" looks like: da1ba93.
## Right click > Git Bash the following script to your <tt>FlightGear/data</tt> directory (replacing da1ba93 with your appropriate version).<br><pre>git checkout da1ba93 D:/FlightGear/data</pre>
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