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I don't quite understand. Why use a janky, lossy Linux emulation layer when you can just target Windows natively?

• GoblinSlayer 1y ago
  For some reason git for windows is a cygwin build.
  • 1718627440 1y ago
    Because git expects a POSIX API and POSIX tools and also POSIX behaviour like symlinks and line-endings to do its job.
  • lazka 1y ago
    It's a native build. Only various tools it is shipped with are cygwin builds, like bash etc.
    • GoblinSlayer 1y ago
      Oh, indeed, but git often calls them.