From 4e453bb3750888ae57f4fcefa0c2bdf06c8d7c7a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Wolf <65733509+phanlezz@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 10:02:20 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] tech: update section in the version bumping readme for
 windows

---
 VERSION_BUMPING.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/VERSION_BUMPING.md b/VERSION_BUMPING.md
index b86aaec234..f4997d7df0 100644
--- a/VERSION_BUMPING.md
+++ b/VERSION_BUMPING.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ For the Visualization release, the project must be built, so it is advisable to
 ## Start the automatic release process
 
 - Call `pipenv run make_release`.
-- On Windows it is recommended to run the command in `cmd.exe` rather than in a git bash.
+- **On Windows**: Make sure that the git bash utilities are on your path variable if you are using the `cmd`. Alternatively, you can use the git `bash` directly.
 - Check the release process on GitHub after the script is completed
 
 > You can add `-f` or `--force` to disable the protections of the script. You can't release in force mode.

From 0478a0bdc639ed36bd926c5140900e705f8166cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Wolf <65733509+phanlezz@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 10:13:45 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] tech: add section about bash tools to the start guide and
 visualization readme

---
 DEV_START_GUIDE.md      | 2 +-
 visualization/README.md | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/DEV_START_GUIDE.md b/DEV_START_GUIDE.md
index 11ecca0dda..eb14a29812 100644
--- a/DEV_START_GUIDE.md
+++ b/DEV_START_GUIDE.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ All major decisions are documented in our [architecture decision records (ADR)](
 
 To work on CodeCharta, please ensure your system includes:
 
-- Git
+- Git (with bash utilities for Windows)
 - Java >= 11, <= 21
 - Node >= 20
 
diff --git a/visualization/README.md b/visualization/README.md
index d31e85dca3..f3b554210f 100755
--- a/visualization/README.md
+++ b/visualization/README.md
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ $ codecharta-visualization
 
 > To clone and run this application, you'll need [Git](https://git-scm.com) and [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/download/) (version >=20) installed
 
+> (Windows) For some tasks the Git bash utilities are required
+
 ```bash
 # Clone the CodeCharta repo
 $ git clone https://github.com/MaibornWolff/codecharta.git