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Download core libraries on Windows: find Git for Windows / MSYS2 bash - #677
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… (Git\cmd only on PATH from a GUI launch, spawn bash ENOENT), never WSL bash
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Download core libraries failed on Windows with
couldn't start bash ... (spawn bash ENOENT)while Download selected library (modular, Node fetch + tar.exe) worked.Git for Windows only puts
Git\cmdon PATH, so a GUI launch has nobash.findBash()now looks for:bash.exeon PATH...\Git\bin\bash.exenext to any...\Git\cmdon PATH (custom Git install dirs)Git\bin\bash.exein Program Files / Program Files (x86) /%LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\Git%MSYS2_ROOT%,C:\msys64,C:\msys2) as a login shell withCHERE_INVOKING=1Never the WSL
bash.exein System32 / WindowsApps (can't run theC:\\paths); WSL only -> the existing install Git for Windows / MSYS2 message. "command used" shows the resolved bash. macOS / Linux unchanged.