The search order for DLLs on Windows is a bit funny, and for system libraries, it is recommended to use a strict search path.
In practice, this should not make a difference, as the library has been loaded into memory already, and therefore the LoadLibrary() call would just return the handle instead of loading the library again. Johannes Schindelin (1): mingw: load system libraries the recommended way compat/mingw.c | 3 ++- contrib/credential/wincred/git-credential-wincred.c | 3 ++- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) base-commit: c4df23f7927d8d00e666a3c8d1b3375f1dc8a3c1 Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tags/pr-55%2Fdscho%2Fmingw-load-sys-dll-v1 Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-55/dscho/mingw-load-sys-dll-v1 Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/55 -- gitgitgadget
