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[Update Request]: OCaml.opam including Git.Git in PackageDependencies

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What type of update are you requesting?

A change to the package metadata

Current Package Identifier

OCaml.opam

Package Version

2.2.1

Please describe the changes you would like to see

The OCaml.opam package installs OCaml's package manager, opam.

The first command which must be run to use opam is opam init which will strongly recommend that the user installs Git for Windows and recommends winget install Git.Git as a way to do this. It will recommend this even if an alternate Git implementation (such as Cygwin's) is found and the official advice on the OCaml website recommends install the Git.Git winget package (cf. update in ocaml/ocaml.org#2658).

Would it be acceptable for Git.Git to be added to the experimental PackageDependencies field, so that winget install OCaml.opam automatically installs Git-for-Windows, rather than continuing to guide users to have to enter winget install Git.Git OCaml.opam?

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction

Locate the manifest for the OCaml.opam package and inspect its experimental PackageDependencies field, along with the existing Git.Git package identifier. Confirm how dependency metadata is represented and validated in this repository; done means the manifest includes Git.Git if that dependency is accepted.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
git
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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