msys path conversion (or cygpath for msys?)
Update (Aug-2016): This question is no longer relevant, as msys2 now comes with cygpath in its installation. … I’ll summarize my research here. The cygpath equivalent in MSYS is to use this command: { cd /c/some/path && pwd -W; } | sed ‘s”https://stackoverflow.com/”\\|g’ The problem with this approach is that it requires existing path, e.g. … Read more