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"You're using Windows so you obviously want an entire mini-Cygwin type environment for your source control software"

Actually I do to save me from the deprived interfaces the OS ships with.

The Git install is one of the best Cygwin-likes I've encountered. It has the majority of tools needed and reasonable integration with the host OS. Very nice for getting something done quickly on any random Windows box.

It's fine if you don't have anything else installed already, but I have MSYS2 installed so it'd be nice if it were optional. Realistically an extra 50mb is not going to materially affect my life, but it's still aesthetically displeasing.

I agree - that's why I use the git package in MSYS2, which afaik is just as capable (and makes it much easier to use git with the full array of UNIX tools I might want to use that don't necessarily ship with Git for Windows).

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