Cygwin, Git Bash, and MSYS2 have a readymade utility called cygpath.exe just for doing that. Output type options: -d, –dos print DOS (short) form of NAMEs (C:\PROGRA~1\) -m, –mixed like –windows, but with regular slashes (C:/WINNT) -M, –mode report on mode of file (binmode or textmode) -u, –unix (default) print Unix form of NAMEs (/cygdrive/c/winnt) … Read more
It is possible, albeit extremely awkward, to create a symbolic link in MSysGit. First, we need to make sure we are on Windows. Here’s an example function to check that: windows() { [[ -n “$WINDIR” ]]; } Now, we can’t do cmd /C, because MSysGit will fornicate with this argument and turn it into C:. … Read more
Unfortunately, the MinGW-w64 installer you used sometimes has this issue. I myself am not sure about why this happens (I think it has something to do with Sourceforge URL redirection or whatever that the installer currently can’t handle properly enough). Anyways, if you’re already planning on using MSYS2, there’s no need for that installer. Download … Read more
Disclaimer: I am an MSYS2 developer While MSYS isn’t dead, I would say it’s not looking very healthy either. It is a project started by the MinGW team many years ago as a fork of Cygwin that never kept up with Cygwin. msysgit is a fork of a slightly older version of MSYS with some … Read more
Unfortunately, the MinGW-w64 installer you used sometimes has this issue. I myself am not sure about why this happens (I think it has something to do with Sourceforge URL redirection or whatever that the installer currently can’t handle properly enough). Anyways, if you’re already planning on using MSYS2, there’s no need for that installer. Download … Read more