Git for Windows bashrc or equivalent configuration files for Git Bash shell

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I ve just installed Git for Windows and am delighted to see that it installs Bash   I want to customise the shell in the same way I can under Linux  e g  set up aliases like ll for ls -l   but I can t seem to find  bashrc or equivalent configuration files   What should I be editing

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Create a  bashrc file under    bashrc and away you go  Similarly for    gitconfig     is usually your C  Users  lt your user name gt  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  gt     bashrc   The window will output an error message  command not found   but the file will be created and ready for you to edit

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for gitbash in windows10 look out for the config file in    gitconfig file

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In your home directory  you should edit  bash profile if you have Git for Windows 2 21 0 or later  as of this writing   You could direct  bash profile to just source  bashrc  but if something happens to your  bash profile  then it will be unclear why your  bashrc is again not working  I put all my aliases and other environment stuff in  bash profile  and I also added this line  echo  quot Sourcing    bash profile - this version of Git Bash doesn t use  bashrc quot   And THEN  in  bashrc I have echo  quot This version of Git Bash doesn t use  bashrc  Use  bash profile instead quot    Building on  harsel s response  I woulda commented  but I have no points yet

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In newer versions of Git for Windows  Bash is started with --login which causes Bash to not read  bashrc directly  Instead it reads  bash profile   If this file does not exist  create it with the following content   if   -f    bashrc    then      bashrc  fi   This will cause Bash to read the  bashrc file  From my understanding of this issue  Git for Windows should do this automatically  However  I just installed version 2 5 1  and it did not

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1  Start by opening up git-bash exe in Administrator mode   Right click the file and select  Run as Administrator   or change settings in Properties  rarr  Compatibility  rarr  Run this program as administrator    2  Run cd    It will take you to C  Users  lt Your-Username gt    3  Run vi  bashrc  This will open you up into the editor   Hit INSERT and then start entering the following info   alias ll  ls -la    this changes the default ll on git bash to see hidden files  cd  C  directory to your work path   ll   this shows your your directory before you even type anything

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Please use the following command   cat  etc bash bashrc  gt     bashrc   This will generate a new bashrc file with the default values  Please use vi    bashrc to edit this file

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Sometimes the files are actually located at     These are the steps I took to starting Zsh as the default terminal on Visual nbsp Studio nbsp Code Windows nbsp 10    cd    vim  bashrc Paste the following       if test -t 1  then exec zsh fi    Save close Vim  Restart the terminal

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Just notepad    bashrc from the git bash shell and save your file That should be all   NOTE  Please ensure that you need to restart your terminal for changes to be reflected

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I think the question here is how to find  bashrc file on Windows   Since you are using Windows  you can simply use commands like  start     OR  explorer     to open the window with the root directory of your Git Bash installation where you ll find the  bashrc file  You may need to create one if it doesn t exist   You can use Windows tools like Notepad   to edit the file instead of using Vim in your Bash window

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Don t need to create a new file  it is already there    etc bash bashrc

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If you want to have projects choice list when you open Git Bash    Edit ppath in the code header to your Git projects path  put this code into  bashrc file  and copy it into your  HOME directory  in Windows nbsp Vista   Windows nbsp 7 it is often C  Users  YOU          bin bash ppath   d -projects -github  cd  ppath unset PROJECTS PROJECTS        i 0  echo echo -e  projects  n-------------   for f in   do     if   -d   f        then         PROJECTS     f           echo -e      i    -  e 1m f e 0m      fi done   if      PROJECTS     -gt 1   then     echo -ne   nchoose project        read proj     case   proj  in          0- expr    PROJECTS     - 1    cd    PROJECTS proj                  echo   wrong choice         esac else     echo  there is no projects  fi unset PROJECTS    You may want set this file as executable inside Git Bash  chmod  x  bashrc  but it s probably redundant  since this file is stored on an NTFS filesystem

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I had to add a user environment variable  HOME  with C  Users  lt your user name gt  by going to System  Advanced System Settings  in the System Properties window  the Advanced tab  Environment Variables     Then in my C  Users  lt your user name gt  I created the file  bashrc  e g   touch  bashrc and added the desired aliases

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