I would like to use git-bash come with github client on a windows 7 (32bit) machine. Somehow, the git-bash has already learned the $PATH variables from windows system PATH. However, I found the $PATH in git-bash did not parse the win system PATH with space correctly.
for example the $PATH outputs:
"..../c/Program: No such file or directory"
Is there anyway to fix it? where is the git-bash script to construct the $PATH for git shell?
Thanks
Why not using absolute path instead of relative path and if a folder of file name contains a space just use "" (quotes).
Ex. cd C:/Users/"My Folder"
/c/Users/My\ Folder/ did.Put a backslash ("\") before the space.
ex. cd My\ Documents
I am having similar problem.
After some struggle, i put this on the first line in my C:\Program Files\Git\etc\profile:
export HOME=`cygpath -u "\`cygpath -d "$HOMEDRIVE$HOMEPATH"\`"`
and type command echo $HOME in bash will come out /c/Users/NAMEXX~1, no more space parsing problem for my $HOME or ~/ !
The answer for me was close to that of Seagal82.
I added the following line at the start of [PATH_TO_GITBASH_INSTALL]\etc\profile:
export HOME="/c/Users/Username\ with\ spaces/"
Then I started a new git bash window and all the paths in $PATH using $HOME got replaced with the anti-slashed space and work correctly.
Basically to confirm what is working: For environment variables use export keyword:
export JAVA_HOME="/c/Program Files/Java/jdkxxxxx"
same for PATH variable etc.
You can put it in your ~/.bashrc . Then, use variables instead of direct string with spaces
You need to escape non-word-characters with a backslash "\":
For Example:
$ cd Program\ Files\ \(x86\)
Don’t do that, you can try this instead pass the complete path in the ""(quotes).
Example$ cd "C:\Users\folder\OneDrive - folder\file"
In my case I wanted to set a convenience environment variable pointing inside my OneDrive for Business folder, which was something like /c/Users/username/OneDrive - Business Name/somefolder
So in /c/Users/username/.profile I have a line like
export FOLDER='/c/Users/username/OneDrive - Business Name/somefolder'
Note the single quotes. When I want to use that environment variable I still have to double quote it for it to work, e.g:
$ cd "$FOLDER"
git-bash runs in a Linux environment. As, linux doesn't recognize \ backslash in its directory path, you need to use / forwardslash. Use "" if you directory path contains spaces.
Use the bash declare command -
$ declare -x PATH="/path with spaces":$PATH
I have come to appreciate, specifically if in a Windows OS Git Bash shell "setting", the possibility to use "short names" ie the foldername info you get when you run dir /X in a directory and then use that eg for Program Files this would be PROGRA~1 (which contains no spaces anymore). Then using that shortname in paths or similar definitions within the .bashrc (or similar) files.
As an additional info [here] Program Files (x86) shortname would be PROGRA~2
I recently discovered this to be the most stable solution for exporting a variable in Git Bash's .bash_profile
