What is the difference between msysgit and Cygwin + git?
Now I'm using msysgit, but I don't like the Git Bash (you can't resize or copy/paste) so I'm thinking think about switching to Cygwin, because then I could use mintty.
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What is the difference between msysgit and Cygwin + git?
Now I'm using msysgit, but I don't like the Git Bash (you can't resize or copy/paste) so I'm thinking think about switching to Cygwin, because then I could use mintty.
Best Answer
Edit 2018:
Since my 2010-2012-2014 answer, in 2015 Git for Windows uses msys2, as I detail here.
See more in "How are msys, msys2, and msysgit related to each other?".
Edit (2 more years later: October 2014)
Johannes Schindelin just explained (Oct. 2014) that msysgit is phased out:
Update 2 years later: July 2012
Msysgit is here to stay, and unless you need to add a few hundreds of MB for cygwin, you really don't need Cygwin to just use Git on Windows.
And if you want to access GitHub, you get one package ("Git for Windows" + ssh keys registered for you on your GitHub account + a nice GUI) with GitHub for windows.
Both Git and msysgit are on GitHub.
The msysgit.github.com page clearly illustrates the difference between:
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"Git for Windows": Pure users of Git | "MsysGit": for Testers, developers, custom installer maintainers
See also the msysgit FAQ:
Original answer: June 2010
a/ You can resize and copy-paste in Git bash, like in any other Windows Shell.
b/ You are probably using "Git for windows", and not msysgit. From the wiki:
c/ From MSysGitHerald10:
And that is not always welcomed:
Even though, it is far better than the first Git on Cygwin installations from 2007.