Jul 1, 2019 · The settings.json file will be added the Git Bash profile automatically with correct Git Bash icon. My ...

The shortcut icon to Git Bash is correct. However when I run and open the shell, the shell window icon is that of exe files. This is disturbing while alt-tabbing. It is working correctly on windows XP. cmd.exe on win7 has its own icon (not the exe icon), so I …

In Windows 7, after installing Git Bash (1.8.3), I have a shortcut for it with the nice Git icon. However when I open it, the corresponding window doesn't have that icon, just some generic one: (same when I Alt-Tab to toggle between windows). This was not happening in WinXP - the program correctly had the Git Bash icon.

Nov 22, 2017 · Sometimes it could be purely because of the shortcut referring to a previous installation which no longer exists. Check properties by right-clicking on git bash terminal's taskbar icon. If that's the case. Delete the shortcut or; Replace the …

Jan 11, 2016 · This helped me solve a different, long-standing issue where my Git Bash icon in the taskbar was missing. Pinning the running instance per your comment, then relaunching it, led to Windows saying it could not find the file and automatically deleting it. Then when I launched Git Bash again the icon loaded normally. –

Nov 20, 2020 · Set the value of this key to your git-bash.exe path. Close the registry editor. You should now be able to see the option in right click menu in explorer. PS Git Bash by default picks up the current directory. EDIT: If you want a one click approach, check Ozesh's solution below

Encountered the same issue of missing "Git Bash here" option from the Windows context menu. Took a close look into Windows' installed programs list, and noticed that my old version of Git has been automatically replaced with a recent version of Git, presumably by the courtesy from Windows Live Update.

Aug 11, 2018 · You can put .bash_profile in your user directory: C:\Users\<username>. You can also create some git-only aliases so you can do just git st for git status by adding these lines to C:\Users\<username>\.gitconfig: [alias] st = status Some other useful aliases:

Sep 2, 2015 · This works to override PS1 utterly, but eliminates the git (branch) information from the prompt, which might make one wonder why a person is even using Git Bash as opposed to something less specific, like Cygwin with git installed and git-completion.bash in place (which in fairness one might wonder anyway).

Jan 15, 2015 · Icon file: C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\share\git\git-for-windows.ico Click the Register button This should add an entry in your right-click context menu (complete with icon).