In order to build jQuery, you need to have Node.js/npm latest and git 1.7 or later.
(Earlier versions might work OK, but are not tested.)
-Windows users have two options:
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-1. Install [msysgit](https://code.google.com/p/msysgit/) (Full installer for official Git) and a
- [binary version of Node.js](http://nodejs.org). Make sure all two packages are installed to the same
- location (by default, this is C:\Program Files\Git).
-2. Install [Cygwin](http://cygwin.com/) (make sure you install the git and which packages), and
- a [binary version of Node.js](http://nodejs.org/).
+For Windows you have to download and install [git](http://git-scm.com/downloads) and [Node.js](http://nodejs.org/download/).
Mac OS users should install [Homebrew](http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/). Once Homebrew is installed, run `brew install git` to install git,
and `brew install node` to install Node.js.