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Correction and Update in Procedures after Actually Trying the Steps Outlined
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==== Method 1: ==== | ==== Method 1: ==== | ||
Before starting, confirm that the address you're using DOES NOT contain an existing copy of FlightGear! | |||
[[File:msysgit_clone_fgdata.jpg|thumb|270px|The Git Bash window]] | [[File:msysgit_clone_fgdata.jpg|thumb|270px|The Git Bash window]] | ||
Open Git Bash via <tt>C:/Program Files/msysgit/Git Bash</tt> (the shortcut) and run (replacing the path with your prefered path): | Open Git Bash via <tt>C:/Program Files/msysgit/Git Bash</tt> (or open via the shortcut) and run (replacing the path with your prefered path): | ||
cd D:/FlightGear/data | cd D:/FlightGear/data | ||
In the event that the program refuses to read the file, try this instead: | |||
cd "C:/Program Files (x86)/FlightGear/data" | |||
(replace the above addresses with wherever your fg/data folder should be -make sure the file doesn't exist, though!) | |||
Then run the following, to initialise a Git repository. This should create a .git directory in data/. | Then run the following, to initialise a Git repository. This should create a .git directory in data/. | ||
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Add the following command and press Enter. | Add the following command and press Enter. | ||
git clone git:// | git clone git://mgit://gitorious.org/fg/fgdata.git | ||
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!''' | ||