Windows development using git

Download python and msysgit

Install Python from:

http://python.org/download/

by downloading the "Python 2.7 Windows installer" (or Python 2.6 or 2.5) and running it. Add python directory to your system environment path variable (My Computer -> Advanced -> Environment Variables -> Path -> Edit).

Install msysgit:

http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/

by downloading and running the .exe in "Featured Downloads". Select to only install "Git Bash". Select "Checkout as-is, commit as-is" option. There should be a "Git Bash" executable on your Desktop.

Clone SymPy repository

Run "Git Bash" terminal window, then:

$ git clone git://github.com/sympy/sympy.git
$ cd sympy
$ bin/isympy

Enjoy!

You can also run python just like on linux. In sympy directory type:

$ python
>>> import sympy
>>>

If you want to make patches for SymPy see also: Development workflow