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JiroKato
JiroKato

Reputation: 101

What's git bash and why it is mingw64 after opening it?

I have done researching but still confused. Is git bash windows' git console or something? I opened it and it is mingw64 on the title bar. Is mingw64 similar to cygwin or putty or what? Please explain. Thanks.

Upvotes: 6

Views: 5614

Answers (1)

michas
michas

Reputation: 26555

mingw64 is the windows port of the GCC C compiler.

git is a VCS written in C.

bash is a shell, a command line interpreter similar to cmd also written in C. You can use it to run git commands or any other programs installed on your computer.

mingw was used to compile git and bash. Seems like nobody cared to give that window a good name, and the compiler just named it after itself.

cygwin and putty are very different. They also give you some kind of black window and allow you to type things, but cygwin pretty much emulates a complete unix environment and putty allows you to connect to remote hosts.

Upvotes: 9

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