MinGit is the Git for Windows distribution intended for bundling in applications
Catalog row in Vendor License Rules · Cited
- Kind
- Redistribution
- Statement
- Git for Windows documents MinGit as an intentionally minimal, non-interactive distribution for third-party applications that need to ship Git. It excludes Tcl/Tk and Perl, among other components, so its bundled-component list is shorter than the full installer's. Redistributing MinGit is still distribution of Git under GPL-2.0 §1 to §3. (page undated; as published on 2026-09-27)
- Applies when
- Independent software vendors that embed Git in a Windows product.
- Applies to
- Git for Windows (installer, PortableGit and MinGit distributions)