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Rsync

Setup

If you aren't on windows, you probably have rsync installed already (or if it isn't, you can use your OS's package manager [or homebrew on macOS] to install it).

Windows

If you are running Windows, rsync is likely not installed. Follow these steps to get rsync working in Git Bash (without having to install and configure a bunch of other tools):

Info

If you don't already have git and git bash installed, get it first.

  1. Download and open the latest rsync package from MSYS2.
  2. Copy the usr folder (from rsync...tar.zst) into C:\Program Files\Git.
    • This should merge the files into the existing C:\Program Files\Git\usr folder.
  3. Download the latest libxxhash package from MSYS2.
  4. Copy the usr folder (from libxxhash...tar.zst) into C:\Program Files\Git.
    • This should merge the files into the existing C:\Program Files\Git\usr folder.
  5. You should now be able to type rsync in Git Bash and see the usage message.

Last modified: 2026-03-23 12:32 by Michael Stewart (3387906)