"Vladimir Panteleev" <vladimir at thecybershadow.net> wrote in message news:op.vowx58gqtuzx1w at cybershadow.mshome.net... > > Git is expected to be slower on Windows, since it runs on top of > cygwin/msys. I'd consider running under MSYS to be a *major* disadvantage. MSYS is barely usable garbage (and cygwin is just plain worthless).