Hi,
On Mon, 30 Nov 2009, Joel Salomon wrote:
> I tried to ask this question about two months back, but now I�ve
> learned enough to make sense:
>
> I develop programs under MinGW, and use the MSys environment & tools
> to make my life easier. As supplied by this project, Git comes with a
> private MSys.
>
> Searching the web and this mailing list, it seems that there is a
> �MinGW port� at <
http://repo.or.cz/w/git/mingw.git>, but that looks
> like something I have to compile myself, rather than an installable
> package. On the other hand, it may fit more nicely into the system I
> already have.
>
> Is there any real reason for me to try to compile the MinGW port for
> myself, or am I better off with the duplicate MSys installations?
> What are the trade-offs either way?
If you want to use Git without the bare MSys that is shipped with Git for
Windows, you either have to cobble up your own package, try to extract the
bare minimum from the portable Git distribution, or you have to live with
a duplicate MSys.
This is Open Source. If you want something to happen, you do it.
Ciao,
Dscho