Re: Change Native Windows shell

From: Steven Penny <svnpenn@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 8, 2020, 23:14 UTC
Message-ID: <CAAXzdLVmuONmow6cB-kko8-CkP2sA=UfpPBkiXqSCuTacGsFWA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 5:46 PM Johannes Schindelin wrote:

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> That assumes that PowerShell is installed, which is not guaranteed,
> either.
>
> Besides, quoting rules are most likely different with PowerShell than what
> Git assumes, so you will have to take care of that, too.
>
> Finally, there are plenty of tips out there in the internet that simply
> expect a POSIX shell to execute those script snippets. Any user would be
> completely (and unnnecessarily) puzzled if those snippets won't work with
> their Git for Windows.
>
> In short: it would be unwise for me to accept this change into Git for
> Windows, at least as-is.

I found a workaround. It seems as long as PAGER or similar is not get, then Git just tries to call `less.exe`. I didnt realize when I first posted this, but native Windows Less is available:

https://github.com/jftuga/less-Windows/releases

So I am just bundling that with my Windows native Git:

https://github.com/nu8/gulf/releases