From 4afae028ec875f20cc78c23f0307f3f0a07c2d13 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Betts <paul@github.com>
Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 19:00:53 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Explain why GH4W

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 docs/build-instructions/windows.md | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/build-instructions/windows.md b/docs/build-instructions/windows.md
index 3d35cd9e8..4b64ac20a 100644
--- a/docs/build-instructions/windows.md
+++ b/docs/build-instructions/windows.md
@@ -19,5 +19,9 @@
   cd atom
   script\build
   ```
+  
+## Why do I have to use GitHub for Windows? Can't I just use my existing Git?
+
+You totally can! GitHub for Windows's Git Shell just takes less work to set up. You need to have Posix tools in your `%PATH%` (i.e. `grep`, `sed`, et al.), which isn't the default configuration when you install Git. To fix this, you probably need to fiddle with your system PATH.
 
 ## Troubleshooting