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Otavio Salvador wrote:
> "Yoshinori K. Okuji" <okuji@enbug.org> writes:
>> Ok, now about the git. As Tom=C3=A1=C5=A1 pointed out, the lack of por=
tability is=20
>> regression from CVS. If you think, for example, grub4dos is important,=
 why=20
>> can you choose git?
>=20
> Agree on that too.
>=20
> It's not that bad[1] and users can use git with cygwin or via git-cvsps=
erver.
>=20
> 1. http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/WindowsInstall

Just leave cygwin out of the box... thank you!

cygwin is one of the worst pieces of software that just does not work
correctly. In my point-of-view portability means that you can use
software natively on some platform and it does not include installing
emulators or such to run software (like cygwin, wine).