From 3b8e48c3ef56c7359528bee529e59e5c599f41df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Williams Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 09:28:33 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Update package-management.md to make it clear that pacman isn't part of the regular installation Signed-off-by: Tim Williams --- content/package-management.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/package-management.md b/content/package-management.md index e8b5823e..7892ff05 100644 --- a/content/package-management.md +++ b/content/package-management.md @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ aliases: Modern software development relies heavily on a way to manage dependencies, i.e. to keep track of required software libraries and their versions. Examples are `apt` for Linux, `homebrew` for macOS, `maven` for Java and `pip` for Python. -Git for Windows is based on [MSYS2](https://msys2.github.io/) which bundles the [Pacman](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman) tool (known from Arch Linux) for dependency management. +While Git for Windows is based on [MSYS2](https://msys2.github.io/) which bundles the [Pacman](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman) tool (known from Arch Linux) for dependency management, the PacMan tool is only bundled with the Git for Windows SDK, not the normal installer. ## How to use `pacman` From 0112547ac42a9c65b004782a0a08c999421db28d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Williams Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 10:48:53 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update content/package-management.md Co-authored-by: Johannes Schindelin Signed-off-by: Tim Williams --- content/package-management.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/package-management.md b/content/package-management.md index 7892ff05..ae888988 100644 --- a/content/package-management.md +++ b/content/package-management.md @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ aliases: Modern software development relies heavily on a way to manage dependencies, i.e. to keep track of required software libraries and their versions. Examples are `apt` for Linux, `homebrew` for macOS, `maven` for Java and `pip` for Python. -While Git for Windows is based on [MSYS2](https://msys2.github.io/) which bundles the [Pacman](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman) tool (known from Arch Linux) for dependency management, the PacMan tool is only bundled with the Git for Windows SDK, not the normal installer. +While Git for Windows is based on [MSYS2](https://msys2.github.io/) which bundles the [Pacman](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman) tool (known from Arch Linux) for dependency management, the `pacman.exe` command is only bundled with the Git for Windows SDK, not the normal installer. ## How to use `pacman`