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.

Watch Dr. Stewart do all this...

On a really slow Windows laptop though 😬.

Download and open the latest rsync package from MSYS2.
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.
Download the latest libxxhash package from MSYS2.
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.
You should now be able to type rsync in Git Bash and see the usage message.

Last modified: 2026-04-07 15:56 by Michael Stewart (4310a84)