Set an environment variable in git bash

Question

When I punch from the windows gitbash command line   set  HOME   c   and do    echo  HOME   It does not set it to c  How can I change set the value of an environment variable

User · Accepted Answer

A normal variable is set by simply assigning it a value; note that no whitespace is allowed around the =:

HOME=c

An environment variable is a regular variable that has been marked for export to the environment.

export HOME
HOME=c

You can combine the assignment with the export statement.

export HOME=c

User · Answer

If you want to set environment variables permanently in Git-Bash  you have two options    Set a regular Windows environment variable  Git-bash gets all existing Windows environment variables at startupp  Set up env variables in  bash profile file     bash profile is by default located in a user home folder  like C  users userName git-home  bash profile  You can change the path to the bash home folder by setting HOME Windows environment variable    bash profile file uses the regular Bash syntax and commands    Export a variable in  bash profile export DIR c  dir   Nix path style works too export DIR  c dir    And don t forget to add quotes if a variable contains whitespaces export ANOTHER DIR  c  some dir    Read more information about Bash configurations files

User · Answer

Creating a  bashrc file in your home directory also works   That way you don t have to copy your  bash profile every time you install a new version of git bash

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