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* Run `pacman -S base-devel mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain git` * Run `pacman -S base-devel mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain git`
* Use `C:\Users\<user>` as the terminal $HOME by editting `C:\msys64\etc\nsswitch.conf` and * Use `C:\Users\<user>` as the terminal $HOME by editting `C:\msys64\etc\nsswitch.conf` and
changing the `db_home` value to `windows`. changing the `db_home` value to `windows`.
* You may need to work around an issue with envsubst.exe - you'll know there's a bug if git
displays "': not a valid identifierline 89: export: dashless" or rebase complains about "new_count".
* To patch, cd into `/mingw64/bin` and run `mv envsubst.exe envsubst.exe_backup`. Now run `pacman -S gettext`
and verify that `which envsubst` reports back `/usr/bin/envsubst`.
* Bug report is at https://github.com/Alexpux/MSYS2-packages/issues/735
* Map caps to left-ctrl using https://sharpkeys.codeplex.com/ * Map caps to left-ctrl using https://sharpkeys.codeplex.com/
* Symlink dotfiles to ~/.dotfiles with `cmd //c 'mklink .dotfiles drive:\path\to\dotfiles'` * Symlink dotfiles to ~/.dotfiles with `cmd //c 'mklink .dotfiles drive:\path\to\dotfiles'`
* Symlink files in the dotfiles windows folder using `cmd //c 'mklink .some-file .dotfiles\some-file'` * Symlink files in the dotfiles windows folder using `cmd //c 'mklink .some-file .dotfiles\some-file'`