I have both Windows and Linux installed on this machine. I try to stay away from Windows for anything closely related to programming. It's a pain in the ass. On

I have both Windows and Linux installed on this machine. I try to stay away from Windows for anything closely related to programming. It's a pain in the ass. Once you have to touch the terminal, things start to get messy, and it's hard to ignore the terminal when programming. Granted, I use the terminal more than the average coder, but I still would never touch it. That said, to answer your question, you probably want to install the Bash on Ubuntu on Windows thing, which should allow you to run git, bash, etc. on Windows without having to use cygwin.