You got me on one part, I can take a pretty strong zealous position on this.
However, I didn't know about the git Windows support that you mentioned (#2 that you mentioned). Usually I worked in a unix environment and felt most comfortable there, so I became most familiar there. Perhaps I'm clumsily venturing into this area, I mean no harm. On Thursday, October 18, 2012 6:58:41 PM UTC-4, Konstantin Khomoutov wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 02:58:56PM -0700, Yves S. Garret wrote: > > > Yes, but vetoed the idea. For one I'm not a fan of Windows + Git > > "integration". Second of all, I prefer to work from the command line. > Sorry for probably being harsh, but this sounds like a undereducated > religious bullshit. Two facts to contradict your beleifs: > 1) Cygwin exactly provides integration of certain Unix tools with > Windows. I fail to see why it's okay for Cygwin but not for Git. > 2) Git for Windows (which Thomas called "msysgit") does really come > packaged with the two standards GUI tools (git gui and gitk), > and also provides a certain level of integration with Windows > Explorer context menus (a tool called Git Cheetah; opt-in while > installing) but their usage it not in any way enforced on you. > There's even a "Git bash" application packaged, which is the bash > shell. You can use regular git command-line tools either from > that Git bash of from the regular Windows shell (cmd.exe). > > And no, I'm not suggesting to depart from using Cygwin: if you have use > for it outside working with Git, then it have perfect sense to try > having Git work there. > > But for the majority of Windows users, having Git nicely integrated into > the system is probably preferable compared to installing Cygwin. > That's why Git for Windows exists. > > Note that the ultimate goal for that project, as I understand it, is to > finally have its developments to be fully integrated upstream, so that > there's just one Git, cross-platform. The relevant patches are already > and for the long time actively flowing upstream, but the merge is not > done yet. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/git-users/-/ARNV1DKegScJ. To post to this group, send email to git-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/git-users?hl=en.
