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Nowadays, installing WSL is really painless procedure [1]

Also make sure to install the Windows Terminal [2] to take full advantage of wsl2.

[1]: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install

[2]: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/terminal/install

Git Bash provides bash alongside a minimal set of coreutils. But of course, if you want more to the full suite of coreutils you need Cygwin or a WSL system.

I know this doesnt answer your question, but just install wsl. It is incredibly easy and works with zero setup.

Windows is truly the most stable Linux distro.

Cygwin