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> but fundamentally you're still installing msys (2) to run git. You're installing msys to run git because (I guess) it was considered the git CLI would be use
by glandium 11y ago
> but fundamentally you're still installing msys (2) to run git.
You're installing msys to run git because (I guess) it was considered the git CLI would be useless without a decent shell. Would you see yourself use Git or Mercurial in cmd?
Git itself in Git for Windows, afaik, is not actually an msys program, and uses native win32 APIs.
- TylerE 11y agoEver heard of a thing called powershell?
- cyphar 11y agoIs that like Bash for Kids?
- koenigdavidmj 11y agoMaybe that's a poor description of a tool with full access to the entire class hierarchy of the .NET Framework. You could write a GUI program in it with WPF, although most people would take it as a kindness if you didn't.