This is a fair point, but I think the reason is that it's quite
difficult to set up Git Bash to be able to run a python script, which
happens at the end of the python lesson. In my experience, we're hardly
ever able to get that far, but that's the reason. So being able to use
Git and Python from the same shell is useful.
This aspect of set up isn't ideal, but I view it as
'try-linux-on-windows' rather than 'this is a suitable set up for
working on windows'.
Thanks,
Gerard
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Gerard Capes
Research Applications, IT Services, University Of Manchester
On 06/01/2019 17:20, Hao Ye wrote:
I agree that this is the best option, but in a recent workshop,
some learners were confused which "window" to use (Gitbash vs.
Windows CMD), and some left both windows open which caused
problems. Need to tell Windows users to close the Gitbash window.
Er, wouldn't it make more sense to direct everyone to using the
gitbash shell so that they stick to the same tool for the shell and
git lesson (and so that the commands they learn are portable to *nix
and mac)?
Best,
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Hao Ye
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
On Wed, Jan 2, 2019 at 6:21 PM phoyt <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
On Wednesday, January 02, 2019, at 9:22 AM, Brian wrote:
("Git from the command line and also from 3rd-party software")
I agree that this is the best option, but in a recent workshop,
some learners were confused which "window" to use (Gitbash vs.
Windows CMD), and some left both windows open which caused
problems. Need to tell Windows users to close the Gitbash window.
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