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KDecker
KDecker

Reputation: 7148

Windows Git Bash shell cannot find commands?

I have recently been screwing around with Windows Git Bash shell to try and force its ~ to not be my mapped network drive Z: and instead something more logical and useful. To do so I tried to edit C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\etc\profile, upon saving my changes and restarting it seems that GitBash now cannot find most all commands.

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What happened and how do I fix this?

I'd also like to note that I could not edit profile with Notepad++ or any other text editor, each complained that the file was already opened elsewhere on the computer when trying to save the changes. To edit the file I had to use vim within Git Bash. Also once I saved these inserts (HOME="C:\Users\..\__GitBash\) I could not view the changes with Notepad++, the file modified date didn't even change (though oddly enough it seems that ~ is now C:\Users\...\Documents; BUT NOT C:\Users\...\Documents\__GitBash\)... Also note I do not have administrator privileges on this computer.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 8484

Answers (1)

Nick Bull
Nick Bull

Reputation: 9876

Try this, if your $PATH does not include a reference to git.exe:

First, echo to see if it does contain a git.exe reference:

echo "$PATH"

If not, add the path using this command:

PATH="$PATH;C:\Program Files(x86)\Git\bin"

Make sure that the path correctly addresses an existing file on your system, too.

Upvotes: 3

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