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"shoehorn"

Git Bash is an elegant solution that brings some of the awesome Gnu utilities and does it on Windows terms and effortlessly. No shoehorn needed.

WSL is handy (those times I'm forced to use Windows - which is still better than when I'm forced to use Mac) but you have to remember the whole time you're in WSL, you're in Linux proper and all things work as Linux, generally, sort of. Git Bash is the power of Gnu right on Windows.

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WSL also adds yet another restart loop to the already lengthy process of turning a fresh machine into a workable Windows development station.

My take here - when working with stable system, changing OS once a several years (last one was when changing laptops basically, so 4+ years in my case), I don't care much on _single_ reboots. For those who tirelessly do distrohopping, things may look different of course.

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