It is because git follows the busybox method of having one executable and symlinks to it for the all the various sub-commands.
symlinks and Windows don't go together for various reasons, so they are dereferenced instead. On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 3:56 PM, asmwarrior <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2013-9-9 17:25, Alexey Pavlov wrote: >> New MSYS2 snapshots: >> >> 32-bit: x32-msys2-beta2-20130909.tar.xz >> <http://sourceforge.net/projects/msys2/files/Alpha-versions/32-bit/x32-msys2-beta2-20130909.tar.xz/download> >> >> 64-bit: x64-msys2-beta2-20130909.tar.xz >> <http://sourceforge.net/projects/msys2/files/Alpha-versions/64-bit/x64-msys2-beta2-20130909.tar.xz/download> >> >> *Changes*: >> >> Updates: >> - sync with Cygwin sources; >> - rewrite msys2_shell.bat and mingw_shell..bat to use mintty by default; >> - gettext-0.18.3.1; >> - subversion-1.8.3; >> - vim-7.4.016. >> >> New added: >> - docbook-xml (4.1-5.0); >> - posix-manpages; >> - unzip-6.0; >> - zip-3.0. >> >> Regards, >> Alexey. >> > > I see there are a lot of exe files under libexec\git-core have the same file > size, does that by design? I extract msys2 by 7zip > such as: > > git-prune.exe > git-push.exe > > Oh, I see the same issue under > PortableGit-1.8.3-preview20130601\libexec\git-core which is based on msys1 > > Yuanhui Zhang > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > LIMITED TIME SALE - Full Year of Microsoft Training For Just $49.99! > 1,500+ hours of tutorials including VisualStudio 2012, Windows 8, SharePoint > 2013, SQL 2012, MVC 4, more. BEST VALUE: New Multi-Library Power Pack includes > Mobile, Cloud, Java, and UX Design. Lowest price ever! Ends 9/22/13. > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=64545871&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Mingw-w64-public mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LIMITED TIME SALE - Full Year of Microsoft Training For Just $49.99! 1,500+ hours of tutorials including VisualStudio 2012, Windows 8, SharePoint 2013, SQL 2012, MVC 4, more. BEST VALUE: New Multi-Library Power Pack includes Mobile, Cloud, Java, and UX Design. Lowest price ever! Ends 9/22/13. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=64545871&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Mingw-w64-public mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public
