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To allow the Git wrapper to replace the `git-bash.bat` script (which would always open the Win32 console, even if the user wants to use a different terminal emulator), we need to offer a way to configure *which* command-line to run. We need to recompile the git-wrapper with the `-mwindows` flag to declare that this is a GUI program (not a console program). Having to recompile it anyway, let's put the new code in a conditionally compiled section so that the builtins (for which we use the git-wrapper, too) do not need to carry around that code. To configure the command-line, we use a way that is very typical for Windows: resources. Windows resources are data that are stored inside .exe files, but can be changed *after* compilation. Therefore, this facility is *exactly* what we want: we can easily copy the .exe to the new name `git-bash.exe`, configure that executable to run the Bash, and then copy it again to the new name `git-cmd.exe` and configure that executable to run `cmd.exe` instead. For even more flexibility, we expand environment variables specified as `@@<VARIABLE-NAME>@@`, and for convenience `@@EXEPATH@@` expands into the directory in which the executable resides. Sadly, an executable cannot configure itself: the `.exe` file is locked while the process is running. This means we have to have a separate executable to edit the resources anyway, so let's just enhance the Git wrapper *itself*: when copied to the new name `edit-res.exe`, it can edit other copies of the Git wrapper like so: edit-res.exe git-cmd.exe command '@@COMSPEC@@ /K' Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Git for Windows
This is the source code of Git for Windows, forked from Git.
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