Windows/Git Bash Support 🪟

The installer script now works on Windows via Git Bash!

Changes

• Platform detection for OS-specific guidance during installation
• More reliable pip invocation using $PYTHON_CMD -m pip
• Cross-platform line endings via .gitattributes
• Virtual environment activation works correctly on Windows

Contributors

Thanks to the community for Windows support:

• @Kobra299 - reported the Windows issue (#1078)
• @rnjema - developed Windows installation improvements (PR #1105)
• @joeswagson - developed PowerShell installer concept (PR #1083)

Installation

Windows (Git Bash):

curl -sSL mlsysbook.ai/tinytorch/install.sh | bash
cd tinytorch
source .venv/Scripts/activate
tito setup

macOS/Linux:

curl -sSL mlsysbook.ai/tinytorch/install.sh | bash
cd tinytorch
source .venv/bin/activate
tito setup

Full Changelog: https://github.com/harvard-edge/cs249r_book/blob/main/tinytorch/CHANGELOG.md