[dmd-internals] Git on Windows

[Walter Bright]

On 11/6/2012 2:42 PM, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
> Walter Bright <newshound2 at digitalmars.com> wrote:
>> I develop on Windows, but my git install is on linux. I copy the changed files
> over to linux, then run the git commands. Yeah, I know it's not the usual git
> workflow, but git sux on Windows, and I don't care for the grief.
>
> Is the problem msys? It likes to spawn a limited command window with
> no copy-paste functionality.
>
> If you'd like to, I could help you set up Console2 on Windows. Here's
> what Git looks like for me:
>
> http://i.imgur.com/R9fHM.png
>
> And I have Ctrl+V paste working ok, as well as copy on mouse select.
> With Console2 you can have multiple tabs opened so you can work on
> multiple projects at once (and they can have a startup directory set).
> You can also make a shortcut to the desktop for any customized tab so
> you start working in a predefined directory when you open it.
>


While I appreciate the help, git always struck me as another one of those linux 
program with a sorry, lame port to windows. Git developers are all linux devs, 
not windows devs, and it shows. I've had enough of those, and Don has also tried 
to use git on Windows with lots of frustrating problems.