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Why doesn't ssh-keygen not generate a key?
On Git bash (Windows), I'm trying to create a ssh key but nothing happens when I enter the command ssh-keygen.
Note: The same command worked few minutes ago. And I could create a ssh key (with a ...
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Add custom path on specific key press after git command in Git bash
I am looking to reduce the repetitive work.
Following is the example,
currently, I am using frequently the following command and I want to custom set the directory.
I.e git add /pkg/XYZ/123/456/789/...
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Git Bash with Windows Terminal prints weird characters instead of newline
I'm on a fresh machine and installed Windows Terminal [Microsoft Store] and Git Bash [latest]. I ran a build script that logs its progress and whenever a newline character appears (maybe others as ...
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How to set Windows Terminal to open bash at a specific folder?
How can I configure a Windows Terminal profile to open Git Bash, but setting it to navigate to a specific path?
I've tried to set --cd=\"D:/path/"" but it does not work:
%PROGRAMFILES%/...
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Why do I have a .minttyrc file when I don't have mintty installed?
The minttyrc file is responsible for customization of the mintty terminal. mintty runs on Cygwin. On this machine, I don't have Cygwin. Consequently I shouldn't have mintty, and so I shouldn't have a ...
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git-bash heredoc on Windows for SqlCmd.exe
I have written a script like this:
sqlcmd -S server -d database -i <<HERE
select db_name()
HERE
This fails, however with Sqlcmd: '-i': Missing argument. Enter '-?' for help.
Any ideas how to ...
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How to see file permissions and ownership in git bash (Windows 10)?
When I do ls -l, all files appear to have the same user, and all appear to have same permissions:
regular files have -rw-r--r--
executables have -rwxr-xr-x
directories have drwxr-xr-x
Regardless of ...
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How to stop scrolling output in git bash (MINGW64) on windows?
I am compiling using g++ and the output scrolls many pages.
On Unix/Linux I was able to achieve it using pipeline and "more".
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bash: C:Usersha_haAnaconda3/etc/profile.d/conda.sh: No such file or directory
I am using Windows. Whenever I launch git bash I get the following error message
bash: C:Usersha_haAnaconda3/etc/profile.d/conda.sh: No such file or directory
I think some of the path separators are \...
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Start Git Bash profile in Windows Terminal from bat file and pass in an executable command to run
I am trying to start 2 applications (client and server of a MERN stack app) in Git Bash using command-line arguments for Windows Terminal. Below given is my command
wt -M; new-tab -p "Git Bash&...
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How to launch the WLS shell from a GitBash shell on Windows 10?
GitBash is one of the options one has to operate a Bash environment directly inside Windows. However, there now is the option to use the Windows Linux Subsystem (WLS), that can be launched from the ...
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Windows Terminal with git-sdk autocomplete for git doesn't work
I am using git-sdk in my Windows Terminal. "profiles"/"list" entry for it looks like this:
{
"guid": "{00000000-0000-0000-ba54-000000000002}",
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Decrease disk space requirements for git-annex on Windows
Currently, I am evaluating git-annex to track larger files on disconnected media.
After adding files to annex on Windows, I noticed that the disk space doubles as hashed content resides in the workdir ...
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git-sdk bash opens very slow git commands also slow
I recently updated my git-sdk-64 to 1.0.7 because its bash opened very slow, like solid 10-20 seconds from the icon press to the opening.
Arguably, it became even slower after update. And now git ...
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Setting background image in Git Bash with Windows Terminal
I have Git Bash running in my Windows Terminal, but I have trouble setting the background image, which is only visible in the right strip of the terminal window (it's cropped, not squished):
At first,...
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How can I associate bash command to Git Bash instead of WSL Bash?
I have Git Bash and WSL Bash installed. Currently bash command is associated to WSL Bash. Can I link it to Git bash instead?
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Git Bash Slow Over Network Drive
I'm having issues with Git Bash running slowly over a network drive. Something as simple as cd takes several seconds, moving forwards or backwards in Vim has a few seconds of latency, etc. This does ...
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Git Bash: Windows 10 text is blurry and hard to read
I just set up a Windows 10 box, and the Git Bash terminal is giving me trouble. The output of a git command, like my uncommitted files in red, is blurry (fuzzy) and very hard to read. I found another ...
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Why does my git bash shell show up as a separate tile in my task bar, when running as admin? [closed]
EDIT:
Other SE users cannot reproduce this so it's likely an issue with my company's GPO. Holding open until I can send my helpdesk a link to this write-up.
I use Git for Windows, on Windows 10. ...
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Opening a file through Git Bash using a particular software (For Windows)
I want to open a file through Git Bash command prompt using a particular software then what is the command for it.
Example:- I am in the directory /c/users/user and I want to open a file named text....
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Passing BibteX options in Vim-Latex
My current Latex workflow involves using Mendeley to automatically create .bib files. These bibfiles are stored in a Mendeley directory in my home folder. Because I don't want to have all my projects ...
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What is the difference between git-bash.exe and sh.exe in Windows?
I wanted to integrate git bash into IntelliJ, so I've changed the default terminal path to C:\Program Files\Git\bin\sh.exe. After some time I noticed that some commands are not working, for example:
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the input device is not a TTY in git-bash
I'm trying to create this alias in my .bashrc file:
alias devopsjoin='docker ps -q -f ancestor=<image name> | { read container; docker exec -it $container zsh; };'
I am on Windows and running ...
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How to get the dir name where I ran the command
I have a folder like this C:\repos\3333-new-feature. And from that location, in a git bash terminal, I run a bat file:
/c/repo/3333-new-feature
$ myBat.bat
One of the instructions in the bat should ...
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Git-Bash stop script from running on startup
I used this script to set my Git Bash to start in the same folder no matter where I start it. However, I would like to not run this script on startup; i.e. revert to what happened on startup before I ...
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How come I'm having trouble cp this file to another directory?
cp fanpage.html path/Desktop
I am using this command to cp the fanpage.html file from my prework-about-me directory to my Desktop directory. When I run the exact command I posted here how come it ...
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What does /* next to file names mean in a code editor?
I noticed some files have /* next to them in my code editor (composer.json and style.css. It looks like comment code... What does it mean?
EDIT - I am not talking about css comments. Please refer to ...
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How to display local repository content?
I am new to github stuff. Currently using git bash as a CLI to communicate to remote repository I am working on. For now I do comprehend differences in between working directory and local repository ...
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How to fix “Permission Denied” in Git Bash in Windows 10?
Whenever I tried to run this command: python get-pip.py, git bash gave me this response: bash: /c/Users/Sergio Ley/AppData/Local/Microsoft/WindowsApps/python: Permission denied. I don't know how to ...
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Is shebang necessary in git bash scripts on windows
Shebang is the first line of a bash script telling where the bash script is executed. In Windows git bash scripts, is it necessary? If not, why?
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cURL zip file is not a valid archive
I wrote a script to download a zip file based on some user inputs. The file downloads but cannot be opened by a zip file extractor. Git Bash on Win 10.
curl -u user:pwd -k -# -C - "$REQUEST_URL" -o "$...
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SSH suddenly stopped working in git-bash on Windows 10
I have been using git-bash in Windows 10 (Version 10.0.17134.1069) for a year now.
Since last week my SSH commands just hangs. It looks like this:
The process eats up 12% percent of the CPU and ...
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How to delete empty files with Hexadecimal names on Windows
I have a very vital folder that is being "infested" with unknown files. The 500,000+ files have HEXadecimal Names and most of them are 0 bytes each.
This is how the files names look like.
:
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Ignore delete failed files when using “git clean”
When I use git clean -dfx while the solution is opened in Visual Studio, I got
Unlink of file '.vs/MyService/v15/Server/sqlite3/db.lock' failed. Should I try again? (y/n)
How do I ignore that in the ...
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Is it possible to cd to an ancestor within a directory tree without knowing how far up I need to go?
I'm writing a script to automate adding, committing, and pushing changes to my submodule and repo. Some submodules are nested further than others and I need to cd back up to the root of the repo. I'm ...
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i just want creat a react app from my vscode with gitbash terminal. but my npm start is showing error
$ npm start
npm ERR! path C:\Users\erdai\OneDrive\Desktop\react crash todo\package.json
npm ERR! code ENOENT
npm ERR! errno -4058
npm ERR! syscall open
npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or ...
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Issues while trying to run python through Anaconda3 from Git Bash
Please can someone help me understand (and resolve) whats going on.
I think my problem relates to some kind of path issue or permission issue, But I need help or direction/coaching to resolve this.
I ...
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On Git Bash, I get an error `cat: /dev/fd/63: No such file or directory` whenever I run the cd command
I've been trying to find out by this problem is happening, I'm using Windows 10 and this error occurs on Git Bash.
Whenever I run the cd command to change the directory, I get the following error:
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Installing Anaconda on Git Bash and trying conda activate results in repeated CommandNotFoundErrors
I've recently refreshed my Git Bash and Anaconda installation, and I am trying to run Git Bash from within VSCode with Anaconda. The issue is that whenever I open the integrated terminal from within ...
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gcc: fatal error: no input files
I wrote this simple line of code and saved it in a file called 'ex.c'.
The code is the following (first line is purposely written wrong as it showed up different in the post):
"#include < stdio.h &...
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In Windows Command Prompt or Git Bash, how do you open a document or program that has more than one word in the title?
Whenever I try to open a document or program with more than one word in the title with the correct syntax (using the "start" command and putting the document or program name in quotations), it opens ...
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my virtual environment cannot be found
I'm on a PC windows 10 and always open git bash, then source activate my-env and open a jupyter notebook; somehow my-env broke and I get this error:
"C:\bld\conda_1565126647711_h_env/etc/profile.d/...
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Git-Bash and WSL have a different directory structure
So I'm currently in the process of configuring and setting up my WSL on my Windows 10 workstation so I can use some very useful command line tools on Windows. Now in both WSL and Git-Bash you have ...
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Pacman is not found in msys2
I just installed Git for Windows 2.22.0 which should include pacman, but I get an
bash: pacman: command not found
and I don't see the pacman executable in /usr/bin.
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`vim | less` breaks things
This is the best place I found for my question.
Running vim | less from inside gitbash will cause it to do something that I can only describe as "breaking."
Usually I can get the less ...
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Git Error: bash: command substitution: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `)'
When I open my GitBash (on Windows 10) I am getting the below error:
bash: command substitution: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `)'
bash: command substitution: line 1: `date "+%D %X")'
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Windows Terminal Adding git-bash always opens in new terminal window
I was able to figure out how to integrate Git-Bash in windows terminal, but when I select it, it always opens in a new window out side windows terminal. Profile bellow with names removed.
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SCP file copy gets frozen in mid transfer
For some reason I am experiencing an issue with scp/network that file download gets stuck in mid transfer. Usually at the end of the completion, like 90%, 97% or 99%. Files are around 200mb to 1,5gb.
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Is it possible to SSH tunnel on Windows 10 with Git Bash?
I'm trying to forward port 5000 from my local machine to a remote server's port 5000
I'm using the command
ssh -L 5000:localhost:5000 root@remote
However, when I try to make the following curl ...
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Reinstalling Git on Windows
Git bash stopped working for me not sure if i messed up some system variables or something but when i uninstall and try to reinstall i get a series of unable to set system config errors
Error 1
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