I\'m using msysgit running on Windows XP.
Tried Ctrl+V, Right click, Middle click, google... no luck.
I'm back to Windows for the first time in a long time and this got me cursing like a docker. I finally found this:
Enabling Ctrl+Shift+letter shortcuts got me to a Linux-like behaviour that has lowered my blood pressure. Ctrl+Shift+C/Vnow works.