How To Launch Git Bash from DOS Command Line

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I ve got what I m hoping is a simple question  but I haven t been able to find the answer yet   I would like to launch Git Bash from a DOS batch file   Here is what I tried so far    Launched Git Bash from Win 7 Start button Used CTRL ALT DEL to identify the process as  sh exe  Launched sh exe from batch file using start command  start sh exe    However  this does not launch the full Git Bash environment   Git Bash usually has  MINGW32  in the title bar  but sh exe has a full path to     Git bin sh exe   It feels to me like there are some overlays or dependencies that I m not aware of possibly  that also need to be loaded  pulled in  imported     This was one of the top results I found through searching the web  but it doesn t make complete sense to me and I m not sure if it applies exactly to my situation   Running git from Windows Cmd line  Where are key files   I m a beginner in the world of DOS batch scripting

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I prefer to use git-bash exe instead of sh exe   start      ProgramFiles  Git git-bash exe  -c  tail -f  c Windows win ini    You can stop closing the window when call  usr bin bash --login -i in the end   start      ProgramFiles  Git git-bash exe  -c  echo 1  amp  amp  echo 2  amp  amp   usr bin bash --login -i    Note  I m not sure this is a good way

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I used the info above to help create a more permanent solution   The following will create the alias sh that you can use to open Git Bash   echo  start      PROGRAMFILES  Git bin sh exe  --login  gt   systemroot  sh bat

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I m not sure exactly what you mean by  full Git Bash environment   but I get the nice prompt if I do   C  Program Files Git bin sh exe  --login   In PowerShell   amp   C  Program Files Git bin sh exe  --login   The --login switch makes the shell execute the login shell startup files

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I prefer  putting git in environment variable and just calling  c  Users  myname  gt sh or  c  Users  myname  gt bash   Steps to create Environment variable  Win7    From the desktop  right click the Computer icon  Choose Properties from the context menu  Click the Advanced system settings link  Click Environment Variables   In the section User variables  hit button NEW  put variable name as GIT HOME  value as  folder-where-you-installed-git      for me it is was c  tools git  others maybe have C  Program Files Git  find the PATH environment variable and select it  Click Edit   If the PATH environment variable does not exist  click New   In the Edit window  add a new value   GIT HOME  and  GIT HOME  bin  Click OK  Close all remaining windows by clicking OK   Make sure you close the CMD which you want use for git  open new Command prompt  and just type sh or bash or git-bash

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The answer by Endoro has aged and I m unable to comment     if you want to launch from a batch file or the command line   start      ProgramFiles  Git bin sh exe  --login

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start      SYSTEMDRIVE  Program Files  x86  Git bin sh exe  --login -i   Git bash will get open

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https   stackoverflow com a 33368029 15789  I have posted an answer here    Open a Windows command window  and execute this script  If there is a change in your working directory  it will open a bash terminal in your working directory  and display the current git status  It keeps the bash window open  by calling exec bash   If you have multiple projects you may create copies of this script with different project folder  and call it from a main batch script

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You can add git path to environment variables  For x86    SYSTEMDRIVE  Program Files  x86  Git bin    For x64    PROGRAMFILES  Git bin   Open cmd and write this command to open git bash sh --login  OR bash --login  OR sh  OR bash  You can see this GIF image for more details  https   media1 giphy com media WSxbZkPFY490wk3abN giphy gif

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If you want to launch from a batch file    for x86  start      SYSTEMDRIVE  Program Files  x86  Git bin sh exe  --login  for x64  start      PROGRAMFILES  Git bin sh exe  --login

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