Installing Git For Windows

[ElectricRCAircraftGuy]

Installing Git For Windows

When installing Git For Windows, which also has Git Bash, be sure to check the box for (NEW!) Add a Git Bash Profile to Windows Terminal, as shown in blue here in the Git 2.42.0 setup:

Choose Sublime Text as your git editor (Sublime Text should have already been installed).

Override the branch name, and set it to main:

For line endings, I prefer to use Unix style line endings (LF), instead of Windows style (CRLF), even on Windows. So, choose the core.autocrlf = input option, as shown here:

Check the box to enable symbolic links:

Check these two boxes too:

• The first box makes Python run correctly. Otherwise, see my answer here:

Fix the ~ (HOME) dir in Git Bash, if necessary

Update: see my new answer here to solve this problem: Change the location of the ~ directory in a Windows install of Git Bash

My original notes:

I've noticed, and I don't know why, that sometimes Git Bash sets your HOME (~) directory to /u/, which is super weird, instead of to /c/Users/myusername. To check this, run echo ~ or echo "$HOME" (same thing). If you see /u/, that's not right. You should see something like /c/Users/myusername instead. The first / in an absolute path in Linux or in Git Bash represents the filesystem root, just like C:\ does in Windows.

1. So, if your HOME dir is not right, open up the profile file in your Git Bash root folder in a text editor. It is located at C:\Users\myusername\AppData\Local\Programs\Git\etc\profile, for example. If you have MS VSCode installed, you can open this file for editing in VSCode by running the following in Git Bash:

   # open this file for editing in VSCode
   code /c/Users/$USERNAME/AppData/Local/Programs/Git/etc/profile

   Add the following to the very top of this file. Be sure to use Linux-style forward slashes (/), not Windows-style backslashes (\), in the path. Note that "GS" here is just my initials, so I can be reminded that I made this change and added this comment:

   # GS: Manually fix the HOME dir
   HOME="/c/Users/$USERNAME"

   Save and close the file when done.

2. Close and re-open any Git Bash terminals you have open, to finalize this change.

3. Run echo ~ or echo "$HOME" again to verify that the home folder is now set correctly, and now shows /c/Users/myusername.

Also do this

1. My answer: Stack Overflow: Python doesn't work in Git Bash (it just hangs or freezes forever); and getting Linux hash-bangs to work in Windows

See also

1. My answer: Stack Overflow: Adding Git-Bash to the new Windows Terminal
2. My answer: Stack Overflow: Installing & setting up MSYS2 from scratch, including adding all 7 profiles to Windows Terminal

[ElectricRCAircraftGuy]

I just referenced my instructions above in my new answer here too: Adding Git-Bash to the new Windows Terminal.

[ElectricRCAircraftGuy]

See also my answer:

Installing & setting up MSYS2 from scratch, including adding all 7 profiles to Windows Terminal