Installing Git on Windows

Important Note! If you are downloading Linux builds, you should use Git on a Linux machine to clone and pull software code. Using Windows machines to download Linux builds can cause errors when Git attempts to create Linux file names and paths on a Windows file system (which is limited to 255 characters).

Qualcomm® Package Manager uses the Git version control system to allow you to see changes and diff files both on Qualcomm® Package Manager and locally on your machine. Download and install is straightforward, however you must be aware of the line endings setting as well as whether or not Windows is the right machine to use for downloading Linux code.

Download and Install Git for Windows

A. Download Git from http://msysgit.github.io/ or another public repository

Once that problem is fixed, you should be able to safely download latest Git for Windows from http://git-scm.com/downloads

B. Install:

Choose second option to checkout files as-is, which in the case of Qualcomm® Package Manager is Unix-style endings. Since Qualcomm® Package Manager is used for distribution from Qualcomm to customers only, the commit settings are not applicable; only the checkout style matters for how you configure your computer to create the files after they are downloaded and made available to you by git