how can we use linux commands on windows through git?

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"We all use linux commands in git even in windows. I wanted to know how does it let these linux commands run on windows?"

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:43

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Simply add <c:\path\to\git\bin> to your %PATH% and you can use the Unix command packaged with msysgit.

For instance, ls or grep would work.

C:\prgs>which ls
C:\prgs\git\PortableGit-1.9.5-preview20141217\bin\ls.EXE

Those commands are part of the MinGw/msys project which provides a minimalist development environment for native Microsoft Windows applications.

That is what is used to build git itself, and its collection of Linux commands (as Windows executable).

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edited May 23 '17 at 11:43

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answered Mar 27 '15 at 09:13

VonC

I wanted to know how is it possible to use linux commands on windows? What is the mechanism? – Sumit Dutta Mar 27 '15 at 09:14
@SumitDutta Someone took the source code for various utilities/tool/commands that are common on linux and compiled them on windows, and included those windows executables in the msysgit package – nos Mar 27 '15 at 09:22
thanx @VonC, now I got what i was searching for. – Sumit Dutta Mar 27 '15 at 09:25

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