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After running the following commands (WARNING: dont run!)
mkdir tmp1
mkdir tmp2
mv tmp1/ tmp2/
my Bash on Windows terminal got completely stuck while executing the mv command and wouldn't complete it. Not even Ctrl+C could interrupt it. When I forcefully closed the bash shell and started up a new one the terminal still seems stuck and won't provide a prompt to enter any commands.
How can I fix this?
This is currently a known issue where a deadlock is caused due to the handling of paths with trailing slashes.
It should be fixed in a follow-up update, but for now you'll have to restart Windows before you can use the Bash on Windows shell again.
Moving folders should be fine if you avoid trailing slashes:
mv tmp1 tmp2
