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

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Jan 13, 2016, 16:11 UTC
Message-ID: <20160113161128.GA11898@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <e63d391a79396e095d2ebb139bb44c390e50bb62.1452691805.git.johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>

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!

-Peff

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