# msysgit/msysgit

msysGit has been superseded by Git for Windows 2.x

Repository: https://github.com/msysgit/msysgit
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/msysgit
Homepage: https://git-for-windows.github.io/
Language: C
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2016-05-21T12:46:39+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6178, "days_push": 3756, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1854, forks 585 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:44.674056+00:00)

## What it is
msysGit was the build environment for Git for Windows 1.x, bundling Bash, GCC, Make, Perl, and other tools needed to compile Git on Windows. It was retired in 2015 and superseded by Git for Windows 2.x and the Git SDK (an MSYS2 fork).

## Use cases
- build git for windows from source
- set up a windows build environment for git 1.x
- get bash and unix tools on windows for git development
- compile git with gcc and mingw on windows

## When to choose
- you must build or maintain legacy Git for Windows 1.x
- you are studying the historical msysGit build process

## When to avoid
- you want to use Git on Windows today - install Git for Windows 2.x
- you want to contribute to Git for Windows - use the Git SDK based on MSYS2
- you need a maintained or supported tool

## Facets
- artifact type: infra-config
- maturity: abandoned
- function: build-tool, developer-tools, version-control
- domain: developer-tools, version-control, windows
- platform: windows, cli
- tags: git-for-windows, msys, mingw, build-environment, superseded, git-sdk

## Member repositories
- msysgit/msysgit (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:44.674056+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:16:49.395419+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/msysgit/msysgit (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:44.674056+00:00, sha cea04fda0d66)
  - homepage: https://git-for-windows.github.io/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:55:48.002229+00:00, sha ae70df20ac4e)
  - site_page: https://gitforwindows.org/faq.html (fetched 2026-08-29T10:55:48.011635+00:00, sha d58694131703)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.