[Documentation] Please consider providing a rationale as to why coreutils for windows exists.

[rubyFeedback]

Hey guys,

I found this via hackernews.

Now, on a first read this is cool but ... on a second read I have to ask ... why?

That is, why is coreutils added to windows? Why not just have WSL?

If possible, could you guys considering providing one or more rationales
as to why the project is added? Use cases and so? This may give people
an idea whether they may need it. In particular when they may have
installed msys2 or something like that already.

What can we do thanks to coreutils on windows?

[caomengxuan666]

Hey, found this from HN too. I think the project makes sense — there's a real gap between WSL/MSYS2 and just wanting native Unix commands on Windows.

WSL's filesystem I/O goes through a network layer (9P/DrvFs), which makes bulk small-file operations noticeably slow. Great for a full Linux dev environment, but overkill if you just want grep or ls working naturally on Windows files. MSYS2 is solid but comes with its own overhead.

I work on a small project in the same space (WinuxCmd, if anyone's curious) — but regardless of approach, the fact that multiple projects are tackling this suggests there's genuine demand. Hope Microsoft keeps iterating on this.