[veesahni]

If you can build/run code in a linux environment:

wsl2 gives you linux vm running in hyper-v alongside windows.. the vm pretty much has direct hardware access and is fast. From here, you can install linux based git, rsync, etc ... and the vm has full access to the windows filesystem.

vscode has a nice wsl extension which runs in client/server mode with server living in the linux vm and client on windows.

wsltty is closest feeling simple terminal, with translucency, etc.

... with this setup, i got rid of cygwin, vagrant, virtualbox, etc.