Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by herewulf 1063 days ago
Actually I do to save me from the deprived interfaces the OS ships with.

The Git install is one of the best Cygwin-likes I've encountered. It has the majority of tools needed and reasonable integration with the host OS. Very nice for getting something done quickly on any random Windows box.
1 comments
taneq 1063 days ago
It's fine if you don't have anything else installed already, but I have MSYS2 installed so it'd be nice if it were optional. Realistically an extra 50mb is not going to materially affect my life, but it's still aesthetically displeasing.
link
GabrielTFS 1063 days ago
I agree - that's why I use the git package in MSYS2, which afaik is just as capable (and makes it much easier to use git with the full array of UNIX tools I might want to use that don't necessarily ship with Git for Windows).
link