Re: [PATCH 1/5] config.mak.uname: support MSys2

From: Dennis Kaarsemaker <dennis@kaarsemaker.net>
Date: Jan 13, 2016, 19:23 UTC
Message-ID: <1452712985.18946.2.camel@kaarsemaker.net>
In-Reply-To: <20160113161128.GA11898@sigill.intra.peff.net>

On wo, 2016-01-13 at 11:11 -0500, Jeff King wrote:

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> On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 02:30:53PM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> 
> > For a long time, Git for Windows lagged behind Git's 2.x releases
> > because
> > the Git for Windows developers wanted to let that big jump coincide
> > with
> > a well-needed jump away from MSys to MSys2.
> > [...]
> 
> I can't say much about the patch itself, but I think this commit is
> worth it for the message alone. Now I finally know the subtle
> differences between all of those systems!

Agreed. It might even make sense to have that explanation somewhere in Documentation/technical/

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Dennis Kaarsemaker
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