[PATCH 01/12] mingw: include the Python parts in the build

From: Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date: Aug 5, 2026, 14:26 UTC
Message-ID: <fd594ffa6cfacaf7896ab312d51d39f30d09be81.1785939999.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <pull.2195.git.1785939999.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>

While Git for Windows does not _ship_ Python (in order to save on bandwidth), MSYS2 provides very fine Python interpreters that users can easily take advantage of, by using Git for Windows within its SDK.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
---
 config.mak.uname | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/config.mak.uname b/config.mak.uname
index 9ebd240378..8dd8acfaa5 100644
--- a/config.mak.uname
+++ b/config.mak.uname
@@ -781,6 +781,7 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),MINGW)
 	HAVE_LIBCHARSET_H = YesPlease
 	USE_GETTEXT_SCHEME = fallthrough
 	USE_LIBPCRE = YesPlease
+	NO_PYTHON =
         ifeq (/mingw64,$(subst 32,64,$(subst clangarm,mingw,$(prefix))))
 		# Move system config into top-level /etc/
 		ETC_GITCONFIG = ../etc/gitconfig

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