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I have started using Cygwin recently for other purposes and already have Git installed on my PC. I understand I can run the executable and install Git into Cygwin, but since I already have it installed I would like Cygwin to just use my Windows installation. I have tried researching how to make the path redirect in various ways but with no success, can someone help me out?
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In there, you can do a sudo apt-get install git-core and start using git on project-sources present either on the WSL container's "native" file-system (see below), or in the hosting Windows's file-system through the /mnt/c/... , /mnt/d/... directory hierarchies.
Coincidentally enough, Git comes with the Cygwin net release. You can use the gitweb interface.
Cygwin in Git. The sources to the core Cygwin libraries and utilities (Cygwin and Newlib) are available via anonymous Git access. If you don't know what Git is, visit the Git home page. Coincidentally enough, Git comes with the Cygwin net release. To access the repository from your system, use one of the following commands:
The sources to the core Cygwin libraries and utilities (Cygwin and Newlib) are available via anonymous Git access. If you don't know what Git is, visit the Git home page . Coincidentally enough, Git comes with the Cygwin net release.
If you are using another shell, please confirm the way to get Cygwin’s /usr/binand /usr/local/bininto PATHfor your shell. Therefore, the full command to run Bash in Cygwin is C:\cygwin64\bin\bash.exe -i -l. If you have installed Cygwin to a non-default path and/or want to use another shell, then please change the command accordingly.
I confirm that git and msysgit can coexist on the same computer, as mentioned in " Which GIT version to use cygwin or msysGit or both? ". Git on Cygwin, after installing its package, will run in its own cygwin bash shell. Finally, since Q3 2016 and the "Windows 10 anniversary update", you can use Git in a bash (an actual Ubuntu (!) bash ).
I confirm that git and msysgit can coexist on the same computer, as mentioned in "Which GIT version to use cygwin or msysGit or both?".
Git for Windows (msysgit) will run in its own shell (dos with git-cmd.bat or bash with Git Bash.vbs)
Update 2016: msysgit is obsolete, and the new Git for Windows now uses msys2
Git on Cygwin, after installing its package, will run in its own cygwin bash shell.
In there, you can do a sudo apt-get install git-core and start using git on project-sources present either on the WSL container's "native" file-system (see below), or in the hosting Windows's file-system through the /mnt/c/..., /mnt/d/... directory hierarchies.
Specifically for the Bash on Windows or WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux):
DrvFs emulated file-system may not behave the same as files on the native VolFs file-system).
- Unfortunately, it cannot invoke back into Windows executables, or
- interact with any native drivers (i.e. so no Graphic card, no USB drives yet).
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