Earnie Boyd sent the following at Wednesday, February 29, 2012 7:49 AM >On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 9:27 PM, Pat Tressel wrote: >> >>> It's even weirder, than you'd think. >>> Hint: reg:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console >> >The MSYS part of msysgit doesn't muck with registry keys. Maybe >something with tksh that it uses does.
Since HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console has subkeys (on my machine) for bash and cmd, perhaps the key is created and maintained by Window's console handling facilities. Seems to me to be more likely than a cygwin shell knowing about and needing the Windows registry. Just a guess. - Barry Disclaimer: Statements made herein are not made on behalf of NIAID.