title: How to make use of Windows Git for Google repo tool in cygwin (over Windows)?
body: <p>I have installed git (the MinGW one) and cygwin on Windows 10. For Cygwin I have installed curl, gpg and python packages. No installation of Git on Cygwin, so Git for windows is the one which is used as Git in Cygwin.</p>
  
  <p>I am following installation steps for repo tool from
  <a href="https://source.android.com/setup/build/downloading#installing-repo" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://source.android.com/setup/build/downloading#installing-repo</a>  </p>
  
  <p>But repo init command does not work.  It shows the output as below:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$ repo init -u https://android.googlesource.com/platform/manifest
  Get https://gerrit.googlesource.com/git-repo/clone.bundle
  $
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>When I install git in cygwin then the same steps works fine. 
  Any idea how to use Git for Windows with repo (I do not want to use git from cygwin). I have used the steps mentioned in <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/18652851/1624792">https://stackoverflow.com/a/18652851/1624792</a> to make use of Git installed on Windows, but that does not work.</p>