Don't know how you fix it but now I am able to use git on cygwin 1.7 and using cygwin protocol. So cygwin is as stable as 1.5 for my use. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/