> I guess there is some unfortunate reason why they can't do the same here
Because they want to support Git for Windows which is built upon
Cygwin/msys. And this is fine because Cygwin is much faster than WSL
and a good Windows integration is so much easier. Would be a total PITA
if Git would only be available through WSL.
Cygwin is still the best thing ever happened to Windows (or to Linuxers
who are forced to work with Windows).
Because they want to support Git for Windows which is built upon Cygwin/msys. And this is fine because Cygwin is much faster than WSL and a good Windows integration is so much easier. Would be a total PITA if Git would only be available through WSL.
Cygwin is still the best thing ever happened to Windows (or to Linuxers who are forced to work with Windows).