> On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 12:38 AM, Aryeh Gregor (Simetrical) wrote: >> git works on all Unix-likes (including Linux and OS X) fine by command >> line. It will also likely work in Cygwin without much trouble (again, >> on the command line).
The problem of git on Windows is not executing it but executing it /fast/. fork() implementations on Windows are painful and I think there were also problems with Windows managing the filesystem in a less efficient way than Linux. For heavily FS based it can make a diffference. > Marco Schuster wrote: > b) the commandconsole itself, cmd.exe is bitrotten from down to top, > look at command history for excellent examples. not everyone has the > SFU installed. What does Services For Unix provide to the command history that isn't on vanilla cmd.exe ? > Cygwin of course is the other possibility, but here applies the > problem of speed and the work amount needed to install it. It can > really suck to get a working cygwin environment... > > Marco Cygwin is a bit intrusive on the system. _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
