[an_ko]

It lets developers on Windows also build and test your package in parallel mode. If you make your build scripts bash, they're Linux-only.

[maccard]

> if you make your build scripts bash, they’re Linux only

Git bash exists on windows and is perfectly usable.

[hu3]

It's still much less dependable compared to something fully supported like Bun.

[maccard]

I’m no bash lover, but I’ve used git bash as my primary driver on windows for I don’t know many years. It has its quirks (like any tool) but I don’t think I’d say it’s less dependable. Anecdotally I’ve had way more issues with node on windows than I have with git bash and node is fully supported.

[throw20251220]

Fully supported, until they sell it to someone.

[maccard]

I mean, Anthropic now own it

[dundarious]

Yes, bash is the near-universal language for build scripts as long as git is the near-universal source control tool.

[throwa356262]

That is an interesting point... but if I do development on windows it usually happens inside WSL :)

Seriously, my number one windows shell is WSL. Distant second and third are cmd and powershell which I only use to diagnose WSL issue.