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SparkleShare is being ported to windows. currently basic functionality is available. But it is not usable for real usage yet.

build on windows

• install dotNetFramework 3.5 and 4.0 (if not installed yet)

• install msysGit PortableGit-1.7.4

  • rename the .7z file to .exe, execute and extract to C:\msysgit

• install gtk-sharp version 2.12.10

• install MonoDevelop version 2.6.b3

• start C:\msysgit\msysgit\git-cmd.bat and execute:

    md \projects
    cd \projects
    git clone -b windows git://github.com/wimh/SparkleShare.git
    cd SparkleShare
    git submodule update --init
  

• download SmartIrc4net-0.4.0.bin.zip

• copy Meebey.SmartIrc4net.dll and Meebey.SmartIrc4net.xml from the zip file in bin\release to C:\projects\SparkleShare\bin (create that directory if it does not exist)

• continue in the git-cmd.bat window

    cd sparkleshare\windows
    %SystemRoot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5\MSBuild.exe /p:Configuration=Release /p:Platform="Any CPU" SparkleShare.sln
  

• C:\projects\SparkleShare\bin should now contain SparkleLib.dll and SparkleShare.exe

On windows 7 x64 and possibly other x64 windows versions it is possible for an exception to be thrown at startup. To solve that execute CorFlags.exe /32BIT+ C:\projects\SparkleShare\\SparkleShare.exe, see Issue #3.

running

• start C:\msysgit\msysgit\git-cmd.bat and execute

    ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "[email protected]"
  

  • when it asks for a location to save the key, just press enter to use the default location
  • do not enter a passphrase (press enter twice)

• copy the public key to your git server. Depending on the server, the command can look like this:

    cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | ssh git@servername "cat - >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys"
  

  • It probably reports that The authenticity of host (...) can't be established., enter yes to continue
  • Enter the password when prompted
  • When correctly executed, you can connect with ssh git@servername to the server without any prompt. (enter logout to close the connection).

• Start C:\projects\SparkleShare\bin\sparkleshare.exe

  • Enter full name and email in the first dialog
  • Enter the git servername and path on the server to add a repository

Notes

• Instead of downloading an old binary version of Meebey.SmartIrc4net, it is also probably better to build it from sourcecode, but that requires some additional dependencies.
• MonoDevelop 2.6 is required because version 2.4 has a bug in TextTransform.exe when including files.
• MonoDevelop is not required at all when you have visual studio 2008 or 2010 installed, except the Express edition because it does not include TextTransform.exe.