Windows install issue

[piercemcgeough]

I have followed the instructions here https://github.com/nvie/gitflow/wiki/Windows for Cygwin. I made sure the git, util-linux and wget are all installed, I also ran the "$'\r': command not found" code but when I run git flow init i get the following error

/usr/local/bin/gitflow-shFlags: line 1: shFlags/src/shflags: No such file or directory
/usr/local/bin/git-flow: line 85: DEFINE_boolean: command not found
/usr/local/bin/git-flow: line 88: FLAGS: command not found
fatal: 'flow' appears to be a git command, but we were not
able to execute it. Maybe git-flow is broken?

[itguy614]

When you do a clone, be sure to include the --recursiv option otherwise the shflags submodule will not be pulled.

[piercemcgeough]

I installed Cygwin with the packages needed.

Using Cygwin I ran the command:
$ wget -q -O - --no-check-certificate https://github.com/nvie/gitflow/raw/develop/contrib/gitflow-installer.sh | bash

I then cd into /cygdrive/c/Users/Pierce/Desktop/mai
After running git flow init I get these lines
/usr/local/bin/gitflow-shFlags: line 1: shFlags/src/shflags: No such file or directory
/usr/local/bin/git-flow: line 85: DEFINE_boolean: command not found
/usr/local/bin/git-flow: line 88: FLAGS: command not found
fatal: 'flow' appears to be a git command, but we were not
able to execute it. Maybe git-flow is broken?

I then change content in the gitflow-shFlags file from "shFlags/src/shflags" to "gitflow-shFlags".
I then tried to run the git flow init again and this time it gets hung up and dies unexpectedly

[itguy614]

Not sure about that one. Check out this fork of GitFlow. It is more up to date and is under current development. I have made the switch and wouldn't go back.

https://github.com/petervanderdoes/gitflow

[Hamdiakoguz]

These steps finally worked for me.

$ wget -q -O - --no-check-certificate https://github.com/nvie/gitflow/raw/develop/contrib/gitflow-installer.sh | bash

$ cd gitflow
$ git submodule init
$ git submodule update

$ cp shFlags/src/shflags to /usr/local/bin/gitflow-shFlags

[dpa99c]

@Hamdiakoguz Thanks, that worked perfectly for me

[JonDotsoy]

@Hamdiakoguz Thanks.

[dsphoebe]

@Hamdiakoguz Thanks

[WizX20]

Does not work for me. I'm starting to think it has something to do with the latest windows updates? It started for me when I installed KB4074595 and KB4023057.

• I also tried installed an older version of git, did not make a difference.
• cp shFlags/src/shflags to /usr/local/bin/gitflow-shFlags gives the same message for me: no such file or directory.
• Tried overwriting the file via windows explorer (from C:\tools\cygwin\usr\local\bin to C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin) and then did a full system reboot: did not work

[YounesGhanem]

The problem remains.