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Re: Bash v4 on msysgit?

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RDRobert Dailey <rcdailey.lists@gmail.com>
Date
May 9, 2014, 13:09 UTC
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Thanks for the info. Really quite disappointing that the discussion linked was from 3 years ago but still no progress. I wish I could use cygwin to use GIT but LESS doesn't work for log, reflog, and other commands.

On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 4:37 AM, Thomas Braun <thomas.braun@virtuell-zuhause.de> wrote:

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>> How can I get Bash v4 for msysgit 1.9.2? I need it for 'globstar'
>> shopt support. Thanks in advance.
>
> Unfortunately you can't.
> Newer bash versions don't work with the current msys layer.
>
> See http://mingw.5.n7.nabble.com/bash-4-x-for-MSYS-td5605.html for a
> more in depth discussion.
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  1. Thomas BraunMay 9, 2014
  2. Robert DaileyMay 9, 2014

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