Re: Git context menu in Windows Exporer has a “git bash” option but it doesn't work

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Oct 21, 2016, 12:40 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1610211437510.3264@virtualbox>
In-Reply-To: <CAJtFkWur0NfvvV-QT2XmEW=MSJ7Ye=hX7HujEQhTFGiah2_yBQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Stefan,

On Fri, 21 Oct 2016, Stefan Monov wrote:

> The default git distribution for windows

Are you referring to Git for Windows? Which version? From where did you obtain it?

> contains, besides the CLI tools, a shell integration, i.e. a context
> menu for Windows Explorer.  This context menu has a "Git bash" option
> which I suppose should open a Git bash prompt cd'd to the current
> directory.

I guess you mean either "Git Bash Here" or "Git Bash" (not "Git bash")?

> But instead, the git bash window opens and immediately closes, giving me
> no chance to even see what it says inside it. Any fix?

Sorry, there is not enough information to go on here. In Git for Windows' bug tracker, we were careful to provide you with a template that helps with providing relevant information: https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/new

> Note: Opening Git Bash from the Windows Start Menu works fine, but if
> I open it that way, then I need to manually cd to the needed dir.

For me, both work fine. For the record, I use Git for Windows (64-bit) v2.10.1, as downloaded from https://git-for-windows.github.io/:

	$ git version
	git version 2.10.1.windows.1

Ciao, Johannes