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I've just installed Git for Windows 2.5.0 on Windows 7, and it appears that my .bashrc file is not being executed when I run Git Bash.
I created the file like so:
Administrator@HintTech-Dev MINGW64 /
$ pwd
/
Administrator@HintTech-Dev MINGW64 /
$ cd ~
Administrator@HintTech-Dev MINGW64 ~
$ pwd
/c/Users/Administrator
Administrator@HintTech-Dev MINGW64 ~
$ touch .bashrc
Administrator@HintTech-Dev MINGW64 ~
$ vi .bashrc
[... I insert the line "ZZZTESTVAR=234" (without the quotes) into the file in vim ...]
Administrator@HintTech-Dev MINGW64 ~
$ exit
Yet, when I next run Git Bash:
Administrator@HintTech-Dev MINGW64 /
$ set | grep ZZZ
Administrator@HintTech-Dev MINGW64 /
$ cat ~/.bashrc
ZZZTESTVAR=234
Administrator@HintTech-Dev MINGW64 /
$ ZZZTESTVAR=234
Administrator@HintTech-Dev MINGW64 /
$ set | grep ZZZ
ZZZTESTVAR=234
Administrator@HintTech-Dev MINGW64 /
$
Why isn't my .bashrc being run? It seems to be in the right place and have the right permissions.
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Just type notepad ~/. bashrc from the bash prompt and notepad will be launched with this file opened or will ask to create it, if it doesn't exist. If you're comfortable to vim, just type vim ~/. bashrc .
In windows there is no . bashrc file. But there is a way to achieve the same functionality using powershell. In this example we will download notepad++ and set an alias vim to open files in notepad++ from command prompt.
bash_profile is read and executed when Bash is invoked as an interactive login shell, while . bashrc is executed for an interactive non-login shell. Use . bash_profile to run commands that should run only once, such as customizing the $PATH environment variable .
OK, I found out the problem. Quite simply, the bash terminal used by the latest Git for Windows 2.5.0 (mintty) doesn't bother to read .bashrc - it reads .bash_profile. So you can set up your environment in .bash_profile and/or put this code at the start to read .bashrc:
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ] then . ~/.bashrc fi Same thing happened to me when I upgraded to Git Bash 2.5.0 in Windows 10. I renamed my '.bashrc' -> '.bash_profile' and relaunched Git Bash. Everything's working as usual again.
mv ~/.bashrc ~/.bash_profile
It appears the latest version of git for Windows (2.8.3.windows.1) uses a 'profile' file now instead of the .bash_profile. I assume this is so it isn't hidden and a valid file name. Didn't seem to cause any issues before, but maybe it was confusing to people.
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