How to change folder with git bash

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My default git folder is C  Users username  git   What command should I use to go into C  project

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How to change folders in Git Bash

As Bob mentioned, you can change directories with cd:

cd /c/project

If you have a Windows path with backslashes, enclose the path in double quotes:

cd "C:\project"

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You can check the current folder with pwd.
If the path contains spaces, you will need to use quotation marks. (cd "C:/Program Files")
On Windows, you change the default starting directory for Git Bash.
- Right click git-bash.exe, select Properties, open Shortcuts, and change Start in: to your most commonly used folder. (screenshot)
The cd command can be memorized as "change directory".

Your Question is    My default git folder is C  Users username git  But I want to go into c  project  What command do I need to get into that   Since you have asked primarily about gitbash which is Linux based  Terminal   there are differences in commands when compared with Command Prompt of Windows  We ll discuss gitbash  Terminal  commands only   1 First of all we must understand that command line In Windows  and Terminal In Mac  always points to some folder on storage Drives     To check towards what directory it is pointing to at any given time  You need to type the command  pwd  an acronym for  Print Working Directory         There is a command ls which gives us information about the folders and files in a particular directory  This is quite a handy command and often used to know about the file structure  In my answer I will make use of this also       To traverse along the folder tree we make use of yet another very important command know as cd which stands for change directory  And your question has the answer within this cd command only    Here are some of the ways to traverse along the folder tree   3a  cd  command let s us traverse to child directory  Kindly check the snapshot    3b  Now to traverse back into the parent directory  we make use of cd    command  Please check the Image below    By Using the above two steps we can easily solve your Query   A  Currently you are in    C  Users username git  So  doing cd    will point the Terminal towards Users folder     B  Again Typing cd    will make Terminal to point towards C Drive     C  Now doing ls at this point will let you know about all the folders and files in C drive   Check if there is a project folder  Then simply for the last time type the command    cd project  And Walla you are have traveled so far to reach to your destination  Congratulations     Note  If the project folder is not created with C drive  simply write the command mkdir project and it will be created  Then follow the above steps to play around   4  There is one more straight forward quick solution to your problem in particular   Wherever the terminal is pointing  Simply write the command   4a  cd   It will point to default root folder   Then type the command   cd  c  to point towards c directory     Then simply go to child directory  which in your case is project directory     by typing   cd project    And you are good to go  ENJOY

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Simply type cd then copy and paste the file path   Example of changing directory

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Go to the directory manually and do right click  rarr  Select  Git bash  option   Git bash terminal automatically opens with the intended directory  For example  go to your project folder  While in the folder  right click and select the option and  Git bash   It will open automatically with  c project

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Here are the steps I followed    In bash  check in which directory you are by using the command     pwd  copy the URL of the directory you want to go like after using the first command  PWD  I got       c Users yourUsername  Now I want to change this to the directory of c drive and folder MyPictures  To do that  I will go the directory of MyPictures  copy the URL  and paste it in the Git bash  However  before that         C  MyPicture becomes   cd  C MyPicture  backslashes are replaced with slashes  if the folder name is having some spaces like  my program  then you need to enclose it in double quotes like     cd  C  Program Files   Remember to change directory you just need to copy the requiredUrl and paste that in bash with double-quotes like   cd  required URL     Note  URL required with slashes

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if you are on windows then you can do a right click from the folder where you want to use git bash and select  GIT BASH HERE

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To move from c drive to other drive D or E use this command----- gt  cd  quot your path quot  Now hit enter  Check your path using  pwd  Your path has been change from one directory to other  Ex--- gt  cd  quot D  WEB DEV HTML CSS projects TouristVisitors LandingPage quot   note - this is my path  your path should be different

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I wanted to add that if you are using a shared drive  enclose the path in double quotes and keep the backslashes  This is what worked for me    cd  path to     share users username My Documents mydirectory

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From my perspective  the fastest way to achieve what you re looking for is to change  Start in  value   To do that  right-click on git-bash exe  go to Properties and change Start In value to the folder you want

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pwd  to check where you are  If necessary   cd  change directory  In your case if I understand you  you need   cd c project

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For the fastest way   cd  project

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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

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Right clicking a specific folder can help ease your pain than just by typing the whole directory  Right click   clicking s or Right click and then click  GIT bash here    Hope this seems helpful

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