From: Alex Riesen Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:08:49 GMT Subject: Re: Version 1.8.1 does not compile on Cygwin 1.7.14 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <50EB8EB5.6080204@gmail.com> This short discussion on GitHub (file git-compat-util.h) might be relevant: https://github.com/msysgit/git/commit/435bdf8c7ffa493f8f6f2e8f329f8cc22db16ce6#commitcomment-2407194 The change suggested there (to remove an inclusion of windows.h in git-compat-util.h) might simplify the solution a little. Might even remove the need for auto-configuration in Makefile (worked for me).