{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/git-for-windows/git/issues/42","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/git-for-windows/git/issues/42/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/git-for-windows/git/issues/42/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/git-for-windows/git/issues/42/events","html_url":"https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/42","id":63727955,"number":42,"title":"git-wrapper: support MSys2","user":{"login":"dscho","id":127790,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/127790?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/dscho","html_url":"https://github.com/dscho","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dscho/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dscho/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dscho/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dscho/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dscho/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dscho/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dscho/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dscho/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dscho/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":28,"created_at":"2015-03-23T13:53:47Z","updated_at":"2015-03-26T00:12:07Z","closed_at":null,"pull_request":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/git-for-windows/git/pulls/42","html_url":"https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/42","diff_url":"https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/42.diff","patch_url":"https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/42.patch"},"body":"The original purpose of the Git wrapper is to run from inside Git for\r\nWindows' /cmd/ directory, to allow setting up some environment variables\r\nbefore Git is allowed to take over.\r\n\r\nDue to differences in the file system layout, MSys2 requires some\r\nchanges for that to work.\r\n\r\nSigned-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/git-for-windows/git/issues/comments/86259722","html_url":"https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/42#issuecomment-86259722","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/git-for-windows/git/issues/42","id":86259722,"user":{"login":"kblees","id":1111200,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1111200?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/kblees","html_url":"https://github.com/kblees","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kblees/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kblees/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kblees/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kblees/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kblees/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kblees/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kblees/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kblees/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kblees/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-03-26T00:12:07Z","updated_at":"2015-03-26T00:12:07Z","body":"I concur, this is quite an ugly hack. Windows applications are typically configured through registry settings, not by modifying resources of .exe files. I also don't see what the last three patches buy us that cannot be done with shell links or .cmd/.vbs files (all easily configurable / editable via standard Windows mechanisms).\r\n"}}