Git bash extender

[Mopsgamer]

I'm using Fish (Friendly Interactive Shell) and Zoxide on Windows via Git for Windows (specifically its embedded MinGW/MSYS environment). I don't have a separate MSYS2 installation or the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). I can just use Linux-like utilities on Windows 11.

As far as I understand, Git for Windows always requires a small, stripped-down version of MSYS2 that lacks many utilities and a package manager. I'm asking about options for automating the implementation of this effective setup. I'm unlikely to reinstall Windows. Could this be considered for inclusion in something like WinUtil (or a similar automation script/tool)?

I've been using this for a while and I'm completely satisfied, but I don't quite remember how I did it again. I needed to install pacman and some utilities from the MSYS2 repository, specifically MinGW packages.

I configured the PATH environment variable. I set Fish as the default shell in Windows Terminal and VS Code 1.106.3. VS Code later worked poorly with Fish when using tasks defined in .vscode/tasks.json; it was running the shell with incorrect parameters. I fixed this by setting:

"terminal.integrated.automationProfile.windows": {
    "path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\cmd.exe"
}