How do I change the default location for Git Bash on Windows

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I am using Git on Windows 7 and access my repositories through Git Bash  How can I change the default location that Git Bash opens in a convenient folder when I start it   It s somewhat time consuming to navigate to htdocs  and then a specific folder  Is there a way to change the configuration file to have it open elsewhere  Or would it be possible to write a  sh file to do this   Unfortunately Git Bash won t open my htdocs folder shortcut on my desktop  and it takes using cd 5 times to get to my desired directory

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If you re like me  and the way you get to Git is windows key   G   I   Enter  then you can simply hit the windows key  search for Git  right click on the resulting Git Bash icon  select properties  and change the Start in  field   I m not exactly sure what this does  because I m not exactly sure what Git on Windows is  a facade on top of sh which itself is a facade on cmd    but in any case  you can now pin the shortcut that Windows pulls up on a search for  Git  to your taskbar  or to your desktop  and it will still start in whatever directory you set it to

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The working solution listed are great  but the problem occurs when you want multiple default home for your git-bash  A simple workaround is to start git-bash using bat script  git-bash-to-htdocs bat cd C  xampp htdocs  quot C  Program Files Git git-bash exe quot    The above of course assume git-bash is installed at C  Program Files Git git-bash exe You can create multiple  bat file so your git-bash can start where it want to be

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Git bash is used to play with bash commands  So I use bash method itself in windows Git bash  Edit your  bash profile  create it if you doesnot have one - see below how to create   Enter the following lines   Add these lines to the file  alias ws  cd  d workspace   ws   My  bash profile looks like this  Smilyface SmilingMachine  d workspace   cat    bash profile alias ws  cd  d workspace   ws   How to create a new  bash profile    touch    bash profile   OR write into the file directly  vi    bash profile    Simple  aha

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Add this line to your  bashrc file   cd C  xampp htdocs  lt name of your project gt     If the  bashrc file doesn t exist  create one in your root folder  For me it is  C  Users tapas   Save  bashrc and open Git Bash  That s it

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After installing msysgit I have the Git Bash here option in the context menu in Windows nbsp Explorer  So I just simply navigate to the directory and then open Bash right there   I also copied the default Git Bash shortcut to the desktop and edited its Start in property to point to my project directory  It works flawlessly   Windows 7x64  msysgit

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Open the properties of the bash and change to  Start in  to where you want to start in  After this   I had this problem and I solved it by doing this  go to target and delete the --cd-to-home parameter part after  C  Program Files Git git-bash exe    Only THEN will you start in the  Start in  directory that you specified

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I read it somewhere and it worked for me   First check in git bash what is the HOME location  Open git bash and run  echo  HOME   Now change the HOME path by opening cmd and run   setx HOME  path to  ssh loc   I gave C  Users aXXXX    Now cross check by running the echo command in git bash

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Once you have updated the Start in  field make sure to remove the --cd-to-home at the end of the Target  field

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Add   cd your repos path  to your Git profile  which is under the

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I liked Peter Mortenson s answer  but I would like to expand      cd    in the  bashrc file causes the  Git Bash Here  feature of Git Bash to stop working   Instead  add this if statement to the  bashrc file    if     PWD           then         cd   fi   This will change to the home directory when Git Bash is run on its own  but when  Git Bash Here  is run  the current working directory will not be changed

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Right click on Git Bash shortcutand then go to properties  In properties inside start in option add the location of the directory you want to start Git Bash in and apply the changes

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Just type the path of your local directory  Git project home directory  in the properties of Git Bash  I e  set path C  yourprojsctdirectory to Git Bash s properties field  Execute In  or  Ausf  hren in   That s it   Now double click Git Bash  The Git header will be on your  yourprojsctdirectory

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I am using Git bash on Windows 10  here is my solution    Close all git bash sessions Hit windows key and type  env  then click Edit environment variables for your account  control panel  Under  User variables for        hit New button Variable Name  HOME Variable value  path where you would like    to be in git bash   Open a git bash session and test it by typing  pwd and double check by doing cd     amp  amp  pwd

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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

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Open this file  C  Program Files Git etc bash bashrc  And append the following line  cd  c Users  lt User gt  Documents path to your repos  Restart Git bash

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Windows 10 tested solution   Type git bash in search Right click on it and choose open file location Right click on it and choose properties At target remove --cd-to-home from  C  Program Files Git git-bash exe  --cd-to-home At start in put the path of the directory you want it to start at for example Start in  C  xampp htdocs

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I tried the following  it helped me  I hope it help you also   cd  c xampp your-project

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the only way that worked for me on windows 10   right-click gitbash shortcut - gt  proporties change target as   quot C  Program Files Git git-bash exe quot  --cd C  Users test Desktop   This will always open desktop path

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Make a Git Bash shortcut to Desktop for convenience then right click on the icon goto properties  Here you will find the Start in  section with a text box  Replace the path you want  for example like    USERPROFILE  Desktop   Then open it directly by clicking on the icon  You will get the default Desktop path in Git Bash

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