Allow downgrade in silent mode

[Chris. N.]

Hi,

I'm trying to downgrade a version of Git for windows (from 2.32.0 to 2.29.0) using the command line.

"C:\Progs\Git-2.29.0-64-bit.exe" /SILENT /COMPONENTS=icons,ext\reg\shellhere,assoc,assoc_sh /DIR=C:\Progs\Git

Nothing happens; the git command seems frozen.

I've removed from the command the /SILENT option, and I can see a dialog asking to allow the downgrade.

How can I configure the command line to say Yes to this dialog?

Regards,

Chris

[Wilenty]

Hello,
can I ask why you not asked them before asking here? Because they have their own forum: https://groups.google.com/g/git-for-windows/search?q=downgrade
I am asking, because most users here are helping with creating installers, but not in finding hidden command-line parameters prepared by their owners.

Answering to your question, to skip that dialog on downgrade, you should add this parameter to the command-line:
/ALLOWDOWNGRADE=1

So, in your example it could be:
"C:\Progs\Git-2.29.0-64-bit.exe" /SILENT /COMPONENTS=icons,ext\reg\shellhere,assoc,assoc_sh /DIR=C:\Progs\Git /ALLOWDOWNGRADE=1

Greetings,
Wilenty

[Chris. N.]

Hi Wilenty,
I just followed the URL given into the help by running Git-2.29.0-64-bit.exe  /?
The /ALLOWDOWNGRADE=1  option was not present, so I asked here.
Thanks for the tip and link to git setup forum.
Regards,
Chris