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I've been using Cygwin terminal for a long time, and have gotten very used to its quirks and what-not.
Recently I've been using the Git Bash shell in Windows 7 (64-bit). For Git command-line work, I prefer it over the DOS CMD box. Cygwin shell seems to find git file changes when it's a file line ending or some other nonsense (but that's not why I'm posting this question).
I'm experiencing something odd -and I'm not sure if it's my environment, the installed programs (Cygwin or Git Bash) or the possibility of cygwin's settings overtaking one a feature of Git Bash.
When I right-click on a folder in Windows Explorer, the context menu has a Git Bash Here option. But when I select it, the Git Bash always opens up with its pwd in my cygwin home directory.
I've checked my cygwin .bash_profile and .bashrc and I don't see any customized forcing of a specific home directory.
On a different computer with Windows 8, this feature works flawlessly even with Cygwin also installed.
Any ideas as to what to try? Thanks, Adam
Adam T
Posted 2015-07-07T11:36:34.107
Reputation: 151
dunno n i've hardly used git, but perhaps you can clarify when you say it shows your home directory, is that /home or /home/user? and maybe this is relevant http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1494658/how-can-i-change-my-cygwin-home-folder-after-installation
– barlop – 2015-07-07T11:50:00.827@barlop at any point when Git Bash here launches the MINGW32 shell, it is in my home directory as per cygwin. In other words whatever my cygwin home directory is - is the pwd no matter what folder is right-clicked in Windows Explorer and selecting the "Git Bash Here" option. For example, if i right-click folder C:\bob, I would expect Git Bash to open in directory
/c/bobbut instead it opens in my cygwin user home directory. – Adam T – 2015-07-07T11:51:50.487