To build for a certain platform please change into the according directory and issue a make there. For example to build the explorer plugin: cd explorer make make install The currently supported platforms: explorer - Windows explorer plugin for context menues finder - Mac OS X filemanager plugin for context menues (until 10.5) nautilus - Gnome Filemanager plugin for context menues For further details, see the Git Cheetah wiki page: https://github.com/msysgit/msysgit/wiki/GitCheetah