Suggestion/question: Provide a way to install extra MinGW packages

[codeape2]

• I was not able to find an open or closed issue matching what I'm seeing

Setup

• Which version of Git for Windows are you using? Is it 32-bit or 64-bit?

$ git --version --build-options

git version 2.14.2.windows.1
built from commit: 788debdfb6b794425a3b949dd1a0eb2425a72e96
sizeof-long: 4
machine: x86_64

• Which version of Windows are you running? Vista, 7, 8, 10? Is it 32-bit or 64-bit?

$ cmd.exe /c ver
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.14393]

• What options did you set as part of the installation? Or did you choose the
  defaults?

# One of the following:
$ cat /etc/install-options.txt
Path Option: BashOnly
SSH Option: OpenSSH
CURL Option: OpenSSL
CRLF Option: CRLFCommitAsIs
Bash Terminal Option: MinTTY
Performance Tweaks FSCache: Enabled
Use Credential Manager: Enabled
Enable Symlinks: Enabled

Details

• Which terminal/shell are you running Git from? e.g Bash/CMD/PowerShell/other

bash

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Is there a supported/recommended way to install extra MinGW packages into a git-for-windows bash environment? I often install git for windows on Windows computers to get a basic set of command line tools like sed, awk, grep, find, tar etc.

Is there a way to to install extra MinGW packages, like zip?

I also asked a question on superuser.com: https://superuser.com/questions/1478397/installing-extra-packages-into-a-git-for-windows-mingw-installation

[codeape2]

Sorry, I found #2270 after I submitted this issue.

[rimrul]

A closer match than #2270 is #1912