# andy-5/wslgit

Use Git installed in Bash on Windows/Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) from Windows and Visual Studio Code (VSCode)

Repository: https://github.com/andy-5/wslgit
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/wslgit
Language: Rust
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: git, wsl, bash-on-windows, vscode, rust, wslgit, windows-subsystem, windows-subsystem-linux, windows-subsystem-for-linux, visual-studio-code
Last push: 2026-05-21T12:14:09+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 78/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 83, release rhythm 60, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3324, "days_push": 104, "days_rel": 104, "gap_med": 150, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1242, forks 61 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:06.528122+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, version-control, cli
- domain: developer-tools, version-control, windows
- platform: windows, cli
- tags: wsl, vscode, git-interop, path-translation, rust

## Member repositories
- andy-5/wslgit (main) score 78

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:06.528122+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 2026-08-30T05:08:23.343933+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/andy-5/wslgit (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:06.528122+00:00, sha e59232f64f19)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.