Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@xxxxxx> writes: >> On Windows with git installed through cygwin, GIT_ASKPASS failed to run > > My understanding is, that git under cygwin needs this patch (so to say), > but isn't it so, that even Git for Windows has the same issue ? > The headline of the patch and the indicate so. Yes, I agree that the commit is mistitled. It is not specific to Windows (it only is Cygwin, as the support for native Windows goes a separate codepath), and it is not specific to GIT_ASKPASS, either.