Add an /etc/inputrc file like in the msysgit-based Git about git HOT 5 CLOSED

I apologize if this isn't the right place to create the issue, but issues weren't active on the build-extra repo.

This is on purpose: we have a single bug tracker for all of Git for Windows.

However, Pull Requests are available. And since you downloaded the developers' preview -- and since you understand that the described problems need to be addressed in the build-extra repository -- you are a developer and can make those changes and submit a Pull Request.

Thank you.

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Indeed. I just wasn't quite sure what the process for building the distribution was, so I wasn't quite sure where to add the file.

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The git-extra package can be built by downloading & running the SDK (will take a while and download something in the order of 200-400 megabyte, then build Git), then initializing the build-extra clone:

cd /usr/src/build-extra
git fetch
git checkout master

and then calling

cd git-extra
makepkg-mingw -s

The build product is called something like git-extra-x86_64-...pkg.tar.xz and you can install it with pacman -U git-extra*.pkg.tar.xz and then test (the SDK will have installed a shortcut on your desktop, meaning that you can easily start another Git Bash by double-clicking that icon).

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Thanks for the help. I'm reading the patch submission guidelines now as I wait for the initial build to complete and I should have a pull request ready tomorrow.

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Tomorrow became tonight somehow! Fix submitted as git-for-windows/build-extra#21.

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