2013: In a git bash session, you can add a script to ~/.profile or ~/.bashrc (with ~ being usually set to %USERPROFILE%), in order for said session to launch automatically the ssh-agent. If the file doesn’t exist, just create it. This is what GitHub describes in “Working with SSH key passphrases”. The “Auto-launching ssh-agent on … Read more
As far as I can tell, this was caused by a conflict with the version of Python 3.7 that was recently added into the Windows Store. It looks like this added two “stubs” called python.exe and python3.exe into the %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps folder, and in my case, this was inserted before my existing Python executable’s entry in … Read more
Found a similar issue and solution in google groups I opened a windows command prompt and ran the command $ tasklist It looks as though the ssh connections I had made in my git bash shells weren’t being closed when those windows were closed and were hanging the available git bash shell windows. This may … Read more
GitHub released a native Windows client which makes all the below steps redundant. You can also use Sourcetree to get both Git and Mercurial setup on Windows. Here is how you would do it in Windows: If you don’t have Git installed, see this article on how to set it up. Open up a Windows … Read more
The easiest way without installing msysgit is right click on the Git Bash shortcut icon → Start in: → “C:\Program Files (x86)”. Change the Start in entry and point out the Git Bash starting position. If you don’t remove the –cd-to-home part from the Target box, the Start in change gets overridden.
The command is: cd /c/project/ Tip: Use the pwd command to see which path you are currently in, handy when you did a right-click “Git Bash here…”
From a blog I found: This [git-credential-cache] doesn’t work for Windows systems as git-credential-cache communicates through a Unix socket. Git for Windows Since msysgit has been superseded by Git for Windows, using Git for Windows is now the easiest option. Some versions of the Git for Windows installer (e.g. 2.7.4) have a checkbox during the … Read more
Temporary solution Just enter this in your git shell on windows – > alias python=’winpty python.exe’, that is all and you are going to have alias to the python executable. This alias will be valid for the duration of the shell session. winpty is a Windows software package providing an interface similar to a Unix … Read more
Create a .bashrc file under ~/.bashrc and away you go. Similarly for ~/.gitconfig. ~ is usually your C:\Users\<your user name> folder. Typing echo ~ in the Git Bash terminal will tell you what that folder is. If you can’t create the file (e.g. running Windows), run the below command: copy > ~/.bashrc The window will … Read more
Install Git from https://git-scm.com/download/win Open Visual Studio Code and press and hold Ctrl + ` to open the terminal. Open the command palette using Ctrl + Shift + P. Type – Select Default Profile Select Git Bash from the options Click on the + icon in the terminal window The new terminal now will be … Read more