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Earlier, when Git for Windows still distributed the `gitweb` files, it made sense to exclude that explicitly from MinGit. But since c20f0d6 (Skip gitweb in Git for Windows, 2018-08-14), the GitWeb files are no longer distributed with Git for Windows, not even the full installer version thereof, read: They are _already_ excluded (and therefore do not need to be excluded _again_). Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
The `git-instaweb` command is meant to make it easy for Git users to stand up their own ad-hoc GitWeb instance easily. However, since c20f0d6 (Skip gitweb in Git for Windows, 2018-08-14), Git for Windows no longer includes GitWeb. Therefore it does not make sense to include `git-instaweb`, either. I noticed this omission while analyzing what parts of Git for Windows still require Perl, after `git svn` support was dropped, in git-for-windows/git#5393 (comment). So let's move the exclusion from the MinGit-only clause to the general exclusions. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
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Gah, I wanted to include this in -rc2. Oh well. |
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/add relnote bug The The workflow run was started |
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The `git instaweb` command [is no longer distributed with Git for Windows](#689) because it would require GitWeb (which has not been distributed with Git for Windows for quite a few years). Signed-off-by: gitforwindowshelper[bot] <gitforwindowshelper-bot@users.noreply.github.com>
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While analyzing Perl users, I noticed that
git instawebis included in Git for Windows, even if GitWeb (on which it relies) is not.Let's fix that.