Re: GIT on MinGW problem

> Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> > There are at least three different cmd.exe that _I_ encountered: NT4.0,
> > 2000 and XP. All of them have different features. None of my scripts
> > worked without _heavy_ workarounding on all of them.
> >
> > But I think a .lnk file would be easier to create, and more portable,
> > right?
>
> If:
>
> 1. there is a .lnk file named gitk.lnk with target for example:
>
>     D:\MSYS\1.0\mingw\bin\wish84.exe D:\MSYS\1.0\git\bin\gitk
>
> 2. you change PATHEXT to include '.LNK'.
>
> then gitk can be invoked with varying arguments from CMD. I've tested
> this only on W2k. Point 2 looks hackish and dangerous to me.