andy-5/wslgit

Health v2 · maintenance only

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1242 stars · 61 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A small Rust executable that forwards git commands to the Git installation inside Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), translating paths between Windows and Linux representations. Its primary purpose is making VSCode's Git integration work with a WSL-installed git.

Use cases

• use git from wsl inside visual studio code
• run linux git from windows
• translate windows paths to wsl paths for git
• integrate wsl git with windows tools
• use wsl git executable as git.path in vscode

When to choose

• you develop in WSL but edit with VSCode on Windows and want the WSL git to be used
• you need path translation between C:\ and /mnt/c for git operations
• you want a lightweight bridge instead of installing Git for Windows

When to avoid

• you already use Git for Windows and have no WSL-based git workflow
• you need to enter SSH passphrases interactively through VSCode, which this setup does not support
• your default distro is WSL2 and you work on mapped network drives, which WSL2 cannot access

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

developer-tools version-control cli developer-tools version-control windows windows cli wsl vscode git-interop path-translation rust

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