Chocolatey 的 Git 套餐有何不同？
What's the difference between Chocolatey's Git packages?
Chocolatey's package repository 显示两个流行的安装包 Git:
这两个包有什么区别？如何决定是否使用：
choco install git
或：
choco install git.install
一个是另一个的超集吗？
根据 this forum thread，.install 后缀是可发现性人工产物。只需使用较短的名称：
choco install git
直接来自他们的常见问题解答页面：
Chocolatey has the concept of virtual packages (coming) and meta
packages. Virtual packages are packages that represent other packages
when used as a dependency. Metapackages are packages that only exist
to provide a grouping of dependencies.
A package with no suffix that is surrounded by packages with suffixes
is to provide a virtual package. So in the case of git, git.install,
and git.commandline (deprecated for .portable) – git is that virtual
package (currently it is really just a metapackage until the virtual
packages feature is complete). That means that other packages could
depend on it and you could have either git.install or git.portable
installed and you would meet the dependency of having git installed.
That keeps Chocolatey from trying to install something that already
meets the dependency requirement for a package.
Talking specifically about the *.install package suffix – those are
for the packages that have a native installer that they have bundled
or they download and run.
NOTE: the suffix *.app has been used previously to mean the same as *.install. But the *.app suffix is now deprecated and should
not be used for new packages.
The *.portable packages are the packages that will usually result in
an executable on your path somewhere but do not get installed onto the
system (Add/Remove Programs). Previously the suffixes *.tool and
*.commandline have been used to refer to the same type of packages.
NOTE: now *.tool and *.commandline are deprecated and should not be used for new packages.
想了解更多信息？请参阅 http://ferventcoder.com/archive/2012/02/25/chocolatey---guidance-on-packaging-apps-with-both-an-install.aspx
Chocolatey's package repository 显示两个流行的安装包 Git:
这两个包有什么区别？如何决定是否使用：
choco install git
或：
choco install git.install
一个是另一个的超集吗？
根据 this forum thread，.install 后缀是可发现性人工产物。只需使用较短的名称：
choco install git
直接来自他们的常见问题解答页面：
Chocolatey has the concept of virtual packages (coming) and meta packages. Virtual packages are packages that represent other packages when used as a dependency. Metapackages are packages that only exist to provide a grouping of dependencies.
A package with no suffix that is surrounded by packages with suffixes is to provide a virtual package. So in the case of git, git.install, and git.commandline (deprecated for .portable) – git is that virtual package (currently it is really just a metapackage until the virtual packages feature is complete). That means that other packages could depend on it and you could have either git.install or git.portable installed and you would meet the dependency of having git installed. That keeps Chocolatey from trying to install something that already meets the dependency requirement for a package.
Talking specifically about the
*.installpackage suffix – those are for the packages that have a native installer that they have bundled or they download and run.NOTE: the suffix
*.apphas been used previously to mean the same as*.install. But the*.appsuffix is now deprecated and should not be used for new packages.The
*.portablepackages are the packages that will usually result in an executable on your path somewhere but do not get installed onto the system (Add/Remove Programs). Previously the suffixes*.tooland*.commandlinehave been used to refer to the same type of packages.NOTE: now
*.tooland*.commandlineare deprecated and should not be used for new packages.
想了解更多信息？请参阅 http://ferventcoder.com/archive/2012/02/25/chocolatey---guidance-on-packaging-apps-with-both-an-install.aspx