The real reason is that cmd.exe is nothing like bash/zsh/csh/etc. Every OS except Windows can use bash (or an equivalent shell) natively. There is no advantage

The real reason is that cmd.exe is nothing like bash/zsh/csh/etc. Every OS except Windows can use bash (or an equivalent shell) natively. There is no advantage to writing another interface to git that is directly compatible with cmd or powershell.