Reputation: 2124

Change the location of the ~ directory in a Windows install of Git Bash

I am not even sure I am asking the right question. Let me explain my situation:

This is about Git on Windows 7.

My company sets up the Windows user directory on a network drive, not on the local hard drive (for backup and other purposes beyond the scope of this question). I cannot change that policy.

I CAN have local files outside of that scheme however and that is how my Apache server is set up. Entirely local.

I installed Git. It installs Bash. When I fire up Bash and cd ~ (change to the root directory) I find that it (the Bash root) points to my network user directory. I want it not to do that. I want ~ to be elsewhere on my hard drive. I want it so that when I perform other operations such as installing a certificate, an SSH key, etc. its defaults will not automatically use that network directory.

I have searched in vain everywhere, and all I can find refers to answers that involve aliases, redirection, and the location $HOME points to. But that is not what I want at all.

The question is: Can I change that directory? And if so: How?

UPDATE: So, $HOME is what I need to modify. However I have been unable to find where this mythical $HOME variable is set so I assumed it was a Linux system version of PATH or something. Anyway...

I do have a "profile" file under git/etc. Here are the contents (notice no $HOME):

  # To the extent possible under law, the author(s) have dedicated all
  # copyright and related and neighboring rights to this software to the
  # public domain worldwide. This software is distributed without any warranty.
  # You should have received a copy of the CC0 Public Domain Dedication along
  # with this software.
  # If not, see <http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/>.


  # System-wide profile file

  # Some resources...
  # Customizing Your Shell: http://www.dsl.org/cookbook/cookbook_5.html#SEC69
  # Consistent BackSpace and Delete Configuration:
  #   http://www.ibb.net/~anne/keyboard.html
  # The Linux Documentation Project: http://www.tldp.org/
  # The Linux Cookbook: http://www.tldp.org/LDP/linuxcookbook/html/
  # Greg's Wiki http://mywiki.wooledge.org/

  # Setup some default paths. Note that this order will allow user installed
  # software to override 'system' software.
  # Modifying these default path settings can be done in different ways.
  # To learn more about startup files, refer to your shell's man page.

  MSYS2_PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin"
  MANPATH="/usr/local/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/man:/share/man:${MANPATH}"
  INFOPATH="/usr/local/info:/usr/share/info:/usr/info:/share/info:${INFOPATH}"
  MINGW_MOUNT_POINT=
  if [ -n "$MSYSTEM" ]
  then
    case "$MSYSTEM" in
      MINGW32)
        MINGW_MOUNT_POINT=/mingw32
        PATH="${MINGW_MOUNT_POINT}/bin:${MSYS2_PATH}:${PATH}"
        PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${MINGW_MOUNT_POINT}/lib/pkgconfig:${MINGW_MOUNT_POINT}/share/pkgconfig"
        ACLOCAL_PATH="${MINGW_MOUNT_POINT}/share/aclocal:/usr/share/aclocal"
        MANPATH="${MINGW_MOUNT_POINT}/share/man:${MANPATH}"
      ;;
      MINGW64)
        MINGW_MOUNT_POINT=/mingw64
        PATH="${MINGW_MOUNT_POINT}/bin:${MSYS2_PATH}:${PATH}"
        PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${MINGW_MOUNT_POINT}/lib/pkgconfig:${MINGW_MOUNT_POINT}/share/pkgconfig"
        ACLOCAL_PATH="${MINGW_MOUNT_POINT}/share/aclocal:/usr/share/aclocal"
        MANPATH="${MINGW_MOUNT_POINT}/share/man:${MANPATH}"
      ;;
      MSYS)
        PATH="${MSYS2_PATH}:/opt/bin:${PATH}"
        PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/usr/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/share/pkgconfig:/lib/pkgconfig"
      ;;
      *)
        PATH="${MSYS2_PATH}:${PATH}"
      ;;
    esac
  else
    PATH="${MSYS2_PATH}:${PATH}"
  fi

  MAYBE_FIRST_START=false
  SYSCONFDIR="${SYSCONFDIR:=/etc}"

  # TMP and TEMP as defined in the Windows environment must be kept
  # for windows apps, even if started from msys2. However, leaving
  # them set to the default Windows temporary directory or unset
  # can have unexpected consequences for msys2 apps, so we define
  # our own to match GNU/Linux behaviour.
  ORIGINAL_TMP=$TMP
  ORIGINAL_TEMP=$TEMP
  #unset TMP TEMP
  #tmp=$(cygpath -w "$ORIGINAL_TMP" 2> /dev/null)
  #temp=$(cygpath -w "$ORIGINAL_TEMP" 2> /dev/null)
  #TMP="/tmp"
  #TEMP="/tmp"
  case "$TMP" in *\\*) TMP="$(cygpath -m "$TMP")";; esac
  case "$TEMP" in *\\*) TEMP="$(cygpath -m "$TEMP")";; esac
  test -d "$TMPDIR" || test ! -d "$TMP" || {
    TMPDIR="$TMP"
    export TMPDIR
  }


  # Define default printer
  p='/proc/registry/HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows NT/CurrentVersion/Windows/Device'
  if [ -e "${p}" ] ; then
    read -r PRINTER < "${p}"
    PRINTER=${PRINTER%%,*}
  fi
  unset p

  print_flags ()
  {
    (( $1 & 0x0002 )) && echo -n "binary" || echo -n "text"
    (( $1 & 0x0010 )) && echo -n ",exec"
    (( $1 & 0x0040 )) && echo -n ",cygexec"
    (( $1 & 0x0100 )) && echo -n ",notexec"
  }

  # Shell dependent settings
  profile_d ()
  {
    local file=
    for file in $(export LC_COLLATE=C; echo /etc/profile.d/*.$1); do
      [ -e "${file}" ] && . "${file}"
    done

    if [ -n ${MINGW_MOUNT_POINT} ]; then
      for file in $(export LC_COLLATE=C; echo ${MINGW_MOUNT_POINT}/etc/profile.d/*.$1); do
        [ -e "${file}" ] && . "${file}"
      done
    fi
  }

  for postinst in $(export LC_COLLATE=C; echo /etc/post-install/*.post); do
    [ -e "${postinst}" ] && . "${postinst}"
  done

  if [ ! "x${BASH_VERSION}" = "x" ]; then
    HOSTNAME="$(/usr/bin/hostname)"
    profile_d sh
    [ -f "/etc/bash.bashrc" ] && . "/etc/bash.bashrc"
  elif [ ! "x${KSH_VERSION}" = "x" ]; then
    typeset -l HOSTNAME="$(/usr/bin/hostname)"
    profile_d sh
    PS1=$(print '\033]0;${PWD}\n\033[32m${USER}@${HOSTNAME} \033[33m${PWD/${HOME}/~}\033[0m\n$ ')
  elif [ ! "x${ZSH_VERSION}" = "x" ]; then
    HOSTNAME="$(/usr/bin/hostname)"
    profile_d zsh
    PS1='(%n@%m)[%h] %~ %% '
  elif [ ! "x${POSH_VERSION}" = "x" ]; then
    HOSTNAME="$(/usr/bin/hostname)"
    PS1="$ "
  else
    HOSTNAME="$(/usr/bin/hostname)"
    profile_d sh
    PS1="$ "
  fi

  if [ -n "$ACLOCAL_PATH" ]
  then
    export ACLOCAL_PATH
  fi

  export PATH MANPATH INFOPATH PKG_CONFIG_PATH USER TMP TEMP PRINTER HOSTNAME PS1 SHELL tmp temp
  test -n "$TERM" || export TERM=xterm-256color

  if [ "$MAYBE_FIRST_START" = "true" ]; then
    sh /usr/bin/regen-info.sh

    if [ -f "/usr/bin/update-ca-trust" ]
    then
      sh /usr/bin/update-ca-trust
    fi

    clear
    echo
    echo
    echo "###################################################################"
    echo "#                                                                 #"
    echo "#                                                                 #"
    echo "#                   C   A   U   T   I   O   N                     #"
    echo "#                                                                 #"
    echo "#                  This is first start of MSYS2.                  #"
    echo "#       You MUST restart shell to apply necessary actions.        #"
    echo "#                                                                 #"
    echo "#                                                                 #"
    echo "###################################################################"
    echo
    echo
  fi
  unset MAYBE_FIRST_START

Upvotes: 192

Answers (14)

Gabriel Staples

Reputation: 52659

Quick summary

Run the following commands inside Git Bash.

Open up your Windows File Explorer inside your Git Bash root directory:

cd /
explorer .

For many people, this will open up inside the C:\Users\my_username\AppData\Local\Programs\Git directory. For others, it may open up inside C:\Program Files\Git.

In either case, open up the etc\profile file located there and add the following to the very top of it:

HOME="/c/Users/$(whoami)"

Save and close the file. Note that this will require admin privileges if it is located inside the C:\Program Files\Git directory.

Restart all instances of Git Bash to make this take effect.

Confirm that the change took effect:

echo ~

This will output:

/c/Users/my_username

Explanation:

Adding HOME="/c/Users/$(whoami)" to the top of your Git Bash profile file makes your HOME (~) directory get set to C:\Users\my_username. Forcing this manually may be necessary if you have a networked or work computer, as otherwise your HOME directory may point to a network drive, which can:

make Git Bash run really slowly, and
prevent your custom C:\Users\my_username\.bashrc file from being sourced properly.

From @Paul Wintz's answer here: Git Bash (mintty) is extremely slow on Windows 10 OS:

Per @Alexandre Jobin's comment, Git Bash can be very slow if your HOME variable points to a shared network folder.

Details

I like to set the HOME (~) directory by setting it at the lowest level possible in the Git Bash system: namely, in the profile file which Bash sources (imports, or runs) as it opens up, rather than messing with Windows Environment variables or other things.

So, here's how I do it:

Set your `HOME` directory in Git Bash

Open up the C:\Users\my_username\AppData\Local\Programs\Git\etc\profile file in a text editor, such as Microsoft VSCode.

Add this to the very top of the file:

# CUSTOM CHANGE: change your home (`~`) dir to `C:\Users\my_username`.
# - Or, set it to whatever else you want here.
HOME="/c/Users/$(whoami)"
# OR (same thing)
# HOME="/c/Users/$USERNAME"

If you want a different HOME directory than that, customize it to your liking, of course.

Close and re-open all Git Bash terminals to see the changes take effect.

Confirm the change by running echo "$HOME" and echo ~ in Git Bash, which should now show your new HOME directory. I see /c/Users/gabriel, for example.

Done!

How did I find the path to the `C:\Users\my_username\AppData\Local\Programs\Git\etc\profile` file?

I opened Git Bash and ran this:

# navigate to what Git Bash has declared the "root" of this filesystem;
# since we are in Windows, I know this is a fake root
cd /

# Now, force Windows Explorer to open up in this directory so I can see 
# where it is!
explorer .

Voila! Windows Explorer opened up in C:\Users\gabriel\AppData\Local\Programs\Git. Now, I know from experience on Linux Ubuntu that one of the core files loaded in Bash is the profile file located at /etc/profile. So, I looked in Windows Explorer there and sure enough, there's an etc/ directory there and a profile file inside it. So, I tried setting the HOME directory there, and it worked!

More details on paths in Git Bash and MSYS2

Above, I am setting your HOME directory to be C:\Users\my_username, where it cleverly uses the whoami command to get your username, so that everyone can use the same code above regardless of your username, since it will be automatically filled in for you.

Note that since Git Bash is based on the MSYS2 MINGW64 environment, which is a native Windows environment which gives you access to Linux-like tools and things, you can use a variety of path styles in the file above, including the following. I have personally tested each of these to work:

# Unix-style paths (my preference)
HOME="/c/Users/$(whoami)"

# Windows-style paths
# NOTE: You must escape the 2nd backslash in this case with another backslash 
# or else it mistakenly escapes the next character (`$`)
HOME="C:\Users\\$(whoami)"

# mixed paths (using both / and \), again escaping the backslash before 
# the $ sign
HOME="/c\Users\\$(whoami)"
# OR
HOME="C:/Users\\$(whoami)"
# OR
HOME="C:\Users/$(whoami)"

# funky weirdness paths with extra slashes
HOME="///C:\\Users\\///\\$(whoami)"

# etc.

Beware that multiple forward slashes (/) in a row is fine. But, backslashes (\) are escape characters in Unix/Linux, so they must generally come in pairs. Therefore, this does not work: HOME="C:////\\Users\\///\\\$(whoami)". The reason is that the \\\$ part near the end is invalid. The first two backslashes there are fine because the first one escapes the second one, but then the \$ part is an escaped dollar sign $, which breaks the command substitution $(whoami).

I prefer to use the Unix-style paths, like this: HOME="/c/Users/$(whoami)", wherever possible.

Paths in Git Bash and MSYS2 can be very confusing at times, because the MSYS2 and Git Bash terminals automatically do path conversion from Unix-style paths to Windows-style paths for you. But, sometimes there are nuances with how absolute paths are handled. Take my problem, for instance, where I lost many days of debugging: the question: checking size of mp_limb_t... 0 and configure: error: Oops, mp_limb_t doesn't seem to work when compiling the Microchip XC32 compiler from source. My answer: The fix: when compiling in an MSYS2 terminal in Windows, absolute #include paths are not allowed in C and C++!. In short, I had to use relative, not absolute, paths.

Read more about how MSYS2 and Windows vs Unix paths work, here:

Quick'n'dirty solution

Edit C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\etc\profile and set $HOME variable to whatever you want (add it if it's not there). A good place could be for example right after a condition commented by # Set up USER's home directory. It must be in the MinGW format, for example:

HOME=/c/my/custom/home

Save it, open Git Bash and execute cd ~. You should be in a directory /c/my/custom/home now.

Everything that accesses the user's profile should go into this directory instead of your Windows' profile on a network drive.

Note: C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\etc\profile is shared by all users, so if the machine is used by multiple users, it's a good idea to set the $HOME dynamically:

HOME=/c/Users/$USERNAME

Cleaner solution

Set the environment variable HOME in Windows to whatever directory you want. In this case, you have to set it in Windows path format (with backslashes, e.g. c:\my\custom\home), Git Bash will load it and convert it to its format.

If you want to change the home directory for all users on your machine, set it as a system environment variable, where you can use for example %USERNAME% variable so every user will have his own home directory, for example:

HOME=c:\custom\home\%USERNAME%

If you want to change the home directory just for yourself, set it as a user environment variable, so other users won't be affected. In this case, you can simply hard-code the whole path:

HOME=c:\my\custom\home

Upvotes: 200

Menachem

Reputation: 941

I'd share what I did, which works not only for Git, but MSYS/MinGW as well.

The HOME environment variable is not normally set for Windows applications, so creating it through Windows did not affect anything else. From the Computer Properties (right-click on Computer - or whatever it is named - in Explorer, and select Properties, or Control Panel -> System and Security -> System), choose Advanced system settings, then Environment Variables... and create a new one, HOME, and assign it wherever you like.

If you can't create new environment variables, the other answer will still work. (I went through the details of how to create environment variables precisely because it's so dificult to find.)

Upvotes: 43

VonC

Reputation: 1324288

So, $HOME is what I need to modify.

However I have been unable to find where this mythical $HOME variable is set so I assumed it was a Linux system version of PATH or something.

Git 2.23 (Q3 2019) is quite explicit on how HOME is set.

See commit e12a955 (04 Jul 2019) by Karsten Blees (kblees).
^{(Merged by Junio C Hamano -- gitster -- in commit fc613d2, 19 Jul 2019)}

mingw: initialize HOME on startup

HOME initialization was historically duplicated in many different places, including /etc/profile, launch scripts such as git-bash.vbs and gitk.cmd, and (although slightly broken) in the git-wrapper.

Even unrelated projects such as GitExtensions and TortoiseGit need to implement the same logic to be able to call git directly.

Initialize HOME in Git's own startup code so that we can eventually retire all the duplicate initialization code.

Now, mingw.c includes the following code:

/* calculate HOME if not set */
if (!getenv("HOME")) {
    /*
     * try $HOMEDRIVE$HOMEPATH - the home share may be a network
     * location, thus also check if the path exists (i.e. is not
     * disconnected)
     */
    if ((tmp = getenv("HOMEDRIVE"))) {
        struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
        strbuf_addstr(&buf, tmp);
        if ((tmp = getenv("HOMEPATH"))) {
            strbuf_addstr(&buf, tmp);
            if (is_directory(buf.buf))
                setenv("HOME", buf.buf, 1);
            else
                tmp = NULL; /* use $USERPROFILE */
        }
        strbuf_release(&buf);
    }
    /* use $USERPROFILE if the home share is not available */
    if (!tmp && (tmp = getenv("USERPROFILE")))
        setenv("HOME", tmp, 1);
}

Upvotes: 5

grsiepka

Reputation: 61

I know this is an old question, but it is the top google result for "gitbash homedir windows" so figured I'd add my findings.

No matter what I tried I couldn't get git-bash to start in anywhere but my network drive,(U:) in my case making every operation take 15-20 seconds to respond. (Remote employee on VPN, network drive hosted on the other side of the country)

I tried setting HOME and HOMEDIR variables in windows.

I tried setting HOME and HOMEDIR variables in the git installation'setc/profile file.

I tried editing the "Start in" on the git-bash shortcut to be C:/user/myusername.

"env" command inside the git-bash shell would show correct c:/user/myusername. But git-bash would still start in U:

What ultimately fixed it for me was editing the git-bash shortcut and removing the "--cd-to-home" from the Target line.

I'm on Windows 10 running latest version of Git-for-windows 2.22.0.

Upvotes: 4

garg10may

Reputation: 6179

I faced exactly the same issue. My home drive mapped to a network drive. Also

No Write access to home drive
No write access to Git bash profile
No admin rights to change environment variables from control panel.

However below worked from command line and I was able to add HOME to environment variables.

rundll32 sysdm.cpl,EditEnvironmentVariables

Upvotes: 1

Duncan Jones

Reputation: 69339

So, $HOME is what I need to modify. However I have been unable to find where this mythical $HOME variable is set so I assumed it was a Linux system version of PATH or something. Anyway...**

Answer

Adding HOME at the top of the profile file worked.

HOME="c://path/to/custom/root/".

  #THE FIX WAS ADDING THE FOLLOWING LINE TO THE TOP OF THE PROFILE FILE

  HOME="c://path/to/custom/root/"

  # below are the original contents ===========
  # To the extent possible under law, ..blah blah

  # Some resources...
  # Customizing Your Shell: http://www.dsl.org/cookbook/cookbook_5.html#SEC69
  # Consistent BackSpace and Delete Configuration:
  #   http://www.ibb.net/~anne/keyboard.html
  # The Linux Documentation Project: http://www.tldp.org/
  # The Linux Cookbook: http://www.tldp.org/LDP/linuxcookbook/html/
  # Greg's Wiki http://mywiki.wooledge.org/

  # Setup some default paths. Note that this order will allow user installed
  # software to override 'system' software.
  # Modifying these default path settings can be done in different ways.
  # To learn more about startup files, refer to your shell's man page.

  MSYS2_PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin"
  MANPATH="/usr/local/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/man:/share/man:${MANPATH}"
  INFOPATH="/usr/local/info:/usr/share/info:/usr/info:/share/info:${INFOPATH}"
  MINGW_MOUNT_POINT=
  if [ -n "$MSYSTEM" ]
  then
    case "$MSYSTEM" in
      MINGW32)
        MINGW_MOUNT_POINT=/mingw32
        PATH="${MINGW_MOUNT_POINT}/bin:${MSYS2_PATH}:${PATH}"
        PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${MINGW_MOUNT_POINT}/lib/pkgconfig:${MINGW_MOUNT_POINT}/share/pkgconfig"
        ACLOCAL_PATH="${MINGW_MOUNT_POINT}/share/aclocal:/usr/share/aclocal"
        MANPATH="${MINGW_MOUNT_POINT}/share/man:${MANPATH}"
      ;;
      MINGW64)
        MINGW_MOUNT_POINT=/mingw64
        PATH="${MINGW_MOUNT_POINT}/bin:${MSYS2_PATH}:${PATH}"
        PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${MINGW_MOUNT_POINT}/lib/pkgconfig:${MINGW_MOUNT_POINT}/share/pkgconfig"
        ACLOCAL_PATH="${MINGW_MOUNT_POINT}/share/aclocal:/usr/share/aclocal"
        MANPATH="${MINGW_MOUNT_POINT}/share/man:${MANPATH}"
      ;;
      MSYS)
        PATH="${MSYS2_PATH}:/opt/bin:${PATH}"
        PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/usr/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/share/pkgconfig:/lib/pkgconfig"
      ;;
      *)
        PATH="${MSYS2_PATH}:${PATH}"
      ;;
    esac
  else
    PATH="${MSYS2_PATH}:${PATH}"
  fi

  MAYBE_FIRST_START=false
  SYSCONFDIR="${SYSCONFDIR:=/etc}"

  # TMP and TEMP as defined in the Windows environment must be kept
  # for windows apps, even if started from msys2. However, leaving
  # them set to the default Windows temporary directory or unset
  # can have unexpected consequences for msys2 apps, so we define
  # our own to match GNU/Linux behaviour.
  ORIGINAL_TMP=$TMP
  ORIGINAL_TEMP=$TEMP
  #unset TMP TEMP
  #tmp=$(cygpath -w "$ORIGINAL_TMP" 2> /dev/null)
  #temp=$(cygpath -w "$ORIGINAL_TEMP" 2> /dev/null)
  #TMP="/tmp"
  #TEMP="/tmp"
  case "$TMP" in *\\*) TMP="$(cygpath -m "$TMP")";; esac
  case "$TEMP" in *\\*) TEMP="$(cygpath -m "$TEMP")";; esac
  test -d "$TMPDIR" || test ! -d "$TMP" || {
    TMPDIR="$TMP"
    export TMPDIR
  }


  # Define default printer
  p='/proc/registry/HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows NT/CurrentVersion/Windows/Device'
  if [ -e "${p}" ] ; then
    read -r PRINTER < "${p}"
    PRINTER=${PRINTER%%,*}
  fi
  unset p

  print_flags ()
  {
    (( $1 & 0x0002 )) && echo -n "binary" || echo -n "text"
    (( $1 & 0x0010 )) && echo -n ",exec"
    (( $1 & 0x0040 )) && echo -n ",cygexec"
    (( $1 & 0x0100 )) && echo -n ",notexec"
  }

  # Shell dependent settings
  profile_d ()
  {
    local file=
    for file in $(export LC_COLLATE=C; echo /etc/profile.d/*.$1); do
      [ -e "${file}" ] && . "${file}"
    done

    if [ -n ${MINGW_MOUNT_POINT} ]; then
      for file in $(export LC_COLLATE=C; echo ${MINGW_MOUNT_POINT}/etc/profile.d/*.$1); do
        [ -e "${file}" ] && . "${file}"
      done
    fi
  }

  for postinst in $(export LC_COLLATE=C; echo /etc/post-install/*.post); do
    [ -e "${postinst}" ] && . "${postinst}"
  done

  if [ ! "x${BASH_VERSION}" = "x" ]; then
    HOSTNAME="$(/usr/bin/hostname)"
    profile_d sh
    [ -f "/etc/bash.bashrc" ] && . "/etc/bash.bashrc"
  elif [ ! "x${KSH_VERSION}" = "x" ]; then
    typeset -l HOSTNAME="$(/usr/bin/hostname)"
    profile_d sh
    PS1=$(print '\033]0;${PWD}\n\033[32m${USER}@${HOSTNAME} \033[33m${PWD/${HOME}/~}\033[0m\n$ ')
  elif [ ! "x${ZSH_VERSION}" = "x" ]; then
    HOSTNAME="$(/usr/bin/hostname)"
    profile_d zsh
    PS1='(%n@%m)[%h] %~ %% '
  elif [ ! "x${POSH_VERSION}" = "x" ]; then
    HOSTNAME="$(/usr/bin/hostname)"
    PS1="$ "
  else
    HOSTNAME="$(/usr/bin/hostname)"
    profile_d sh
    PS1="$ "
  fi

  if [ -n "$ACLOCAL_PATH" ]
  then
    export ACLOCAL_PATH
  fi

  export PATH MANPATH INFOPATH PKG_CONFIG_PATH USER TMP TEMP PRINTER HOSTNAME PS1 SHELL tmp temp
  test -n "$TERM" || export TERM=xterm-256color

  if [ "$MAYBE_FIRST_START" = "true" ]; then
    sh /usr/bin/regen-info.sh

    if [ -f "/usr/bin/update-ca-trust" ]
    then
      sh /usr/bin/update-ca-trust
    fi

    clear
    echo
    echo
    echo "###################################################################"
    echo "#                                                                 #"
    echo "#                                                                 #"
    echo "#                   C   A   U   T   I   O   N                     #"
    echo "#                                                                 #"
    echo "#                  This is first start of MSYS2.                  #"
    echo "#       You MUST restart shell to apply necessary actions.        #"
    echo "#                                                                 #"
    echo "#                                                                 #"
    echo "###################################################################"
    echo
    echo
  fi
  unset MAYBE_FIRST_START

Upvotes: 5

EliandroRibeiro

Reputation: 1061

In my case, all I had to do was add the following User variable on Windows:

Variable name: HOME
Variable value: %USERPROFILE%

How to set a Environment Variable (You can use the User variables for username section if you are not a system administrator)

Upvotes: 80

Özgür Öztürk

Reputation: 515

1.Right click to Gitbash shortcut choose Properties
2.Choose "Shortcut" tab
3.Type your starting directory to "Start in" field
4.Remove "--cd-to-home" part from "Target" field

Upvotes: 11

Oz Bar-Shalom

Reputation: 1855

Here you go: Here you go: Create a System Restore Point. Log on under an admin account. Delete the folder C:\SomeUser. Move the folder c:\Users\SomeUser so that it becomes c:\SomeUser. Open the registry editor. Navigate to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList. Search for "ProfileImagePath" until you find the one that points at c:\Users\SomeUser. Modify it so that it points at c:\SomeUser. Use System Restore in case things go wrong.

Upvotes: -9

Change the location of the ~ directory in a Windows install of Git Bash

Answers (14)

Quick summary

Details

Set your `HOME` directory in Git Bash

How did I find the path to the `C:\Users\my_username\AppData\Local\Programs\Git\etc\profile` file?

More details on paths in Git Bash and MSYS2

See also

Quick'n'dirty solution

Cleaner solution

mingw: initialize HOME on startup

Answer

Related Questions

Change the location of the ~ directory in a Windows install of Git Bash

Answers (14)

Quick summary

Details

Set your HOME directory in Git Bash

How did I find the path to the C:\Users\my_username\AppData\Local\Programs\Git\etc\profile file?

More details on paths in Git Bash and MSYS2

See also

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