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by orev 3400 days ago
You know Cygwin has been around for ages and has done this forever. You didn't need to wait for some big bundle of git to arrive on Windows for this.
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Cpoll 3400 days ago
I don't think you need to wait for anything; I think he's describing MinGW that comes with a Windows install of Git. It's been around for a long time.

Cygwin vs MinGW is a whole other argument, of course.

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icc97 3396 days ago
Yeah the MinGW - it's just that Git packaged them all up nicely, previously I always found there was a few missing tools. I find it much nicer to be able to use those inside DOS.
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icc97 3396 days ago
Yes, I was using Cygwin a decade ago - it was the most painful experience.

It's got nothing to do with Git - just that Git bundles the most up to date versions of GNU tools compiled for Windows. There were pre-cursors to Git, but Git packages them all nicely.

Just for sentimental reasons I love using DOS, same as any Linux user loves their shell. So having the tools natively in DOS is a much nicer experience.

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