This is very much the point of msys2. On Sun, Nov 18, 2018, 6:07 AM Steven Penny <svnp...@gmail.com wrote:
> Cygwin Git can clone with Unix form paths: > > $ git clone git://github.com/benhoyt/goawk /tmp/goawk > Cloning into '/tmp/goawk'... > remote: Enumerating objects: 330, done. > > However it fails with Windows form: > > $ git clone git://github.com/benhoyt/goawk 'C:\cygwin64\tmp\goawk' > Cloning into 'C:\cygwin64\tmp\goawk'... > fatal: Invalid path '/home/Steven/C:\cygwin64\tmp\goawk': No such file > or > directory > > and mixed form: > > $ git clone git://github.com/benhoyt/goawk C:/cygwin64/tmp/goawk > fatal: Invalid path '/home/Steven/C:/cygwin64': No such file or > directory > > Note that other Cygwin programs work fine with these forms: > > $ ls 'C:\cygwin64' > bin Cygwin.ico dev home sbin usr > Cygwin.bat Cygwin-Terminal.ico etc lib tmp var > > This causes problems for any non-Cygwin tools that might call Git: > > http://github.com/golang/go/issues/23155 > > > -- > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > > -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
