Git bash is adding its current path to one of the parameter

Question

I am using Git bash in windows to run a .sh shell script. This script takes some arguments. One of those arguments is a path as shown below:

Test test --path /ROOT/phani123 --comment testing

When I debug the path argument through my Javacode it actually looks like C:/Program Files/Git/ROOT/phani123. Git bash is prepending its location to the path I've passed.

How to stop Git bash doing this?

Answer 1

You need to set the following environment variable to disable this:

export MSYS_NO_PATHCONV=1

See https://stackoverflow.com/a/34386471/8261

Answer 2

Shamelessly copied from the other thread with an MSYS focus, for clarity here: (Go and give the answer a +1)

In summary, to disable this Posix path convesion:

• For MSYS2 (built-in): MSYS2_ARG_CONV_EXCL="*"
• For Git for Windows (built-in): MSYS_NO_PATHCONV=1
• For MinGW.org (with msys-core-extended): MSYS_NO_PATHCONV=1.