Questions tagged [git-bash]
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What does java is hashed mean?
I am running Windows 10. I use git bash. When I run
type java I get the reply:
"java is hashed (/c/Program Files (x86)/Common Files/Oracle/Java/javapath/java)"
What does this tell me about my java ...
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Differences between git add and git stage?
I know that "git add [file(s)]", lets git to track (version control) specified list of file(s). But it seems we could use the same command instead of "git stage [file(s)]" which add file(s) to the ...
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Notepad++ opens up via git bash, but receiving error
git Bash recognises Notepad++ command and opens Notepad++. But i receive the following error.(kkris is my username)
error: C:\Users\kkris\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\plugins\Config\Hunspell\en_US.us
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Git Bash error-reset
I've just started using Git Bash for executing my code, I tried to set it up for using python and anaconda, and when setting it up I misspelled a command line, and an error occurs every time I start ...
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Git: How to change the base of multiple branches
My git repository looks like the following: I have a large codebase A1 and a few branches that contain small changes to this codebase, let's call those branches B1, C1 and D1.
Today I found out that ...
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Automatically load SSH key on Windows startup
The software context here is Windows 10 + Git for Windows, which comes with a lot of extra tools, some of which I mention below.
I have several private repositories on BitBucket. In order to to avoid ...
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How to start auto Kibana after system boot (Linux)
So we are hosting our development environment on our internal LAN network. However, we keep facing an issue of restarting kibana every few minutes. Also if there is a way that I can schedule it to ...
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Is there anyway that ConEmu can display local bash and remote ssh on the same tab?
OS: Win 10
ConEmu: 180626 [64]
I would like to display a ssh to my remote server and a local bash on the same. I can easily split with CTRL+SHIFT+ (e or o) but if I'm on remote it opens another ...
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Does the .git folder actually contain your files?
In theory, if you backed up just the .git folder in a flash drive and some rouge user deleted all your project files in your PC, can you still restore your files from that .git folder in your flash ...
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When depressing ALT + F8 in Git Bash, Git Bash returns 3~
As suggested by the Stack Overflow community, I am asking this question here.
I am running Git Bash version 2.19.1.windows.1. I am using a Lenovo Think Pad 440 computer with 8 GB of memory running ...
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Can you use Git Bash to remove folders/files from your computer?
I'm new with Git Bash, but I've had some experience with it before. However, my sister has a folder/file on her USB that I can't seem to get rid of by right clicking and saying "delete" or by using "...
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Can't show manual pages for `ls` in Vagrant
That's my first question in here and I'm still a beginner so please bear with me. I'm having a Linux Command Line Basics course on Udacity. I got to the point where I'm asked to open a manual page for ...
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Getting a “Command cex was not found” error trying to execute “drush cex”
I've installed Drush for my Drupal website on Windows 10 and I'm trying to export the config settings using drush cex in Git Bash.
However, when doing this I get the following error:
Command cex ...
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Problems executing perl on git for windows bash
The issue is that perl is installed in my system and bash can see it, however when I try to execute a perl script that includes a module, there's an error.
Can't locate Text/CSV.pm in @INC (you ...
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How to permanently delete a git repo which is cloned from git-bash?
I am using Windows 10(64-bit). So I cloned a repository through git-bash in my home directory just for testing but when I have been done with that repo. I decided to delete that directory and ...
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Avoid adding unnecessay Windows %PATH% to Git Bash
Unlike Windows & Git Bash: Bash PATH to read Windows %PATH% system variable, I am trying to avoid Git Bash from adding many entries from windows %PATH%.
The reason is my Windows %PATH% has many ...
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Git - 2 repositories
What I want to achieve?
I have 2 repositories (GitHub):
first,
second.
Both share an identical folder /root with 1 .git subfolder.
/root has /root/a and /root/b subfolders.
So folder tree looks ...
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Tab completion for .bat files in Git-for-Windows Bash
Git for Windows installs "Git Bash," a bash shell that works in Windows, which is very nice. It's based on MinTTY, I believe.
As well as bash shell scripts, it can also execute Windows batch (.bat) ...
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Make return that directory is not recognized as an internal or external command on windows
I have project that use make that usually run on GNU/Linux and now I've try to run it on windows and got error (from git bash):
'.' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
I've removed ...
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Opening a GUI program in full screen from command line invocation
Specifically, I want to have the git-bash command prompt opened in full-screen mode upon startup of Windows 10.
To this end, I have added as shortcut of the program to Windows' startup folder; it ...
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Setting to use git-bash as default shell when connecting remotely via OpenSSH to Windows Server 2016
The Powershell OpenSSH website has good instructions on how to install and use OpenSSH.
These include how to "Configuring the default ssh shell (optional)"
If I elect to use git-bash instead of ...
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Open Visual Studio from within Git bash
I want to open Visual Studio Editor from within the git bash. Don't know why but providing the path doesn't help.
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How to stop git-bash shell from waiting for process to finish?
Based on a solution to How do I open a new git bash terminal window at my current location in windows? I can use
$ git-bash
to launch a new terminal from inside a git-bash console window.
However, ...
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Run command in bash_profile only when in MINGW64
I am using git bash, and in my .bash_profile I have
cd
Which works when I start MINGW64, but when I open vscode, the console also runs that command. Is there any way for me to only run the cd ...
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git-bash how to handle spaces in filenames
I have written the following script to run under git-bash under Windows 7:
#!/usr/bin/env sh
for logfile in `find -name "*.log" -o -name "*.err" -o -name "*.out"`
do
echo $logfile
grep "api/" ...
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How could I access my windows PC's Git Bash from Linux Terminal
I am trying to achieve something a bit odd. I currently have a dual monitor setup , with my laptop beside, linked with synergy. I want to connect to my windows PC from my Linux mint laptop and Control ...
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git bash: “Failed to read password: The handle is invalid” (doesn't let me type the password for rclone)
When I write rclone listremotes and press enter, it should ask my password. I should write it (even if it won't appear) then I should press enter to valid it.
But as you can see in the picture, When ...
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How to sync windows 10 clock to internet from commandline?
I would like to be able to synchronize my windows 10 computer clock when it goes out of sync... From the commandline with 1 command.
This solution shows how to do it via settings.
https://superuser....
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Installing Git SDK 64 bit - no trusted keys?
I am trying to install the Git SDK 64 bit on my Windows 10 system. I have installed it before just fine, but evidently something must have changed, so it's not working this time around. The installer'...
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Install GCC in Git for Windows bash environment
I have Git for Windows installed on a Windows 7 machine (no, sadly I can't switch to W10 on this particular machine). This comes with a bash environment that uses MinGW-64 but only includes some ...
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How can I fix tab completion in git-bash for Windows 10?
From time to time, pressing Tab while typing something on git-bash gives me the following error instead of whatever tab completion was supposed to do:
bash: cannot create temp file for here-document: ...
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How to use %LocalAppData% with git bash in Windows?
I want to automate my process of align and signing an APK (an app for Android). I use git bash as terminal inside VSCODE.
For this I am concatenating the commands I need into a shell script but I got ...
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How to prevent that a ssh key that is used to perform git actions, is decrypted only once also when new terminals are opened subsequently on Windows?
Linux
On my Linux system, I decrypt a private ssh key every time when I boot the system. Once booted I open a terminal and issue:
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa_some_key
and I am ready to perform git ...
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Why do i need prefix openssl with winpty on windows bash?
Why do i need prefix openssl with winpty on windows bash?
Why does command
openssl genrsa -des3 -out ca.key 4096
hangs and doesn't respond
while
winpty openssl genrsa -des3 -out ca.key 4096
is ...
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Git Bash does not recognize same command as windows command prompt
I am reproducing an NLP paper and I need to get evennia working on Windows 10, with Python 2.7. I cloned this repo and followed the instructions but cant start servers with start.sh 1, as it runs a ...
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How to disable git bash daily updates checking?
I've installed git bash and ticked the "Check daily for updates" option. I thought that it will update automatically, but it requires me to configure the set up manually each time. I don't update it ...
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How to detect whether use `.inputrc` or not
I need add
"\e[1;5C": forward-word # ctrl + right
"\e[1;5D": backward-word # ctrl + left
in ~/.inputrc to make tmux works in msys2.
But this would corrupt git-bash, how do I make only msys2 ...
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Git on Windows timeout on clone
I am trying to clone a git repository to my personal machine. However, trying to do so results in a timeout every time. I have done this in git-bash, git-cmd and cygwin with git core package installed,...
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Install Ansible in Windows, using Git-bash
I am trying to install the Ansible open source automation platform on Windows. There are many guides out there for how to install Ansible using Cygwin (eg. 1, 2).
However, I already have Git-Bash ...
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Error writing lock file on Bash/nano using Python on Windows 10
I use
$ sudo nano first.py
or
$ nano first.py
to start a new nano file (in Python), while using Bash on Windows 10, but the file won't save.
The error I get when I try to save the file is:
[ ...
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bash: git: command not found
When I attempt to run git --version (or any git command) in git-bash, I get the following error:
bash: git: command not found
In Windows, I have C:\Program Files\Git\cmd in my Path system variable.
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Running PHP works in Command Prompt but not Git Bash
I've recently got a new laptop and have been in the process of setting it up.
I've installed WAMP, which is what I use to do my PHP development (installs Apache2, MySql, and PHP).
I also like to use ...
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Can't get msys2 to open windows home directory on startup
See this Github issue. Basically, I am trying to launch the msys2 shell and have the startup folder (and $HOME) refer to my Windows user home directory. Things I've tried:
I tried changing the /etc/...
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Trying to launch Atom in Git bash
I create an alias
$ echo 'alias atom="C:\Users\myUser\AppData\Local\atom\atom.exe"' >> ~/.bashrc
I open bashrc file with VI editor and it shows the alias.
But when I tried to use the alias ...
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rsync doesn't work when specifying location
Edit
ssh user@192.168.0.11
Works fine, however;
ssh user@192.168.0.11:/some/location
doesn't work.
ssh: Could not resolve hostname 192.168.0.11:/some/location: Name or service not known
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how do I use 'tree /F' command to git-bash on Windows?
I don't have enough reputation to comment there, so I have to ask a new question here.
I can use cmd //c tree to use Windows' tree in git-bash for Windows. It only shows directory tree. If I want it ...
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Installing programs in git bash?
I'm running git bash on windows and I'd like to install some of the linux tools I'm familiar with but apt-get, yum, etc don't appear to work. How can I install programs in git bash?
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Where is the Git Bash `/` directory?
When I open Git Bash on Windows 7, the default directory is /. It has *nix-style subdirectories, and cd .. doesn't change the directory. Where is this directory on my Windows machine?
The directory C:...
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Can git-bash and cygwin shell do the same things?
On Windows 10, can git-bash and cygwin shell do the same things?
What can one do but the other can't?
For example,
As shells, can they both work the same as bash?
What programs and commands can run ...
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Periodic input to Windows gitbash terminal
My bash terminal is receiving a space (chr 32) immediately followed by a backspace (chr 8) every 5 seconds (almost exactly). The effects aren't noticeable when typing, as the added space is deleted ...
