When I sent the first libgit.a/.dll patch at around 2007, there was a huge outcry, as it was certainly not needed. With cygwin we didnt have hard links, and wit

When I sent the first libgit.a/.dll patch at around 2007, there was a huge outcry, as it was certainly not needed. With cygwin we didnt have hard links, and with a shared lib we could bring down the package size by factor 10.