How to add "open git-bash context menu here ..." to Windows Explorer?

Question

How to add a context menu (aka right click) to Windows Explorer, which, when clicked, opens the git - bash console in the current explorer folder?

Answer 1

I had a similar problem and I did it.

Step 1: Type "regedit" in the Start menu

Step 2: Launch Registry Editor

Step 3: Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\Background\shell

Step 4: Right-click on the “shell” and select “Create”> “Key”. name the key "Bash"

Step 5: Change the value and set its value to "open in Bash". This is the text that is displayed by clicking the right mouse button.

Step 6: Create a new key in Bash and name it "command". Set the value of this key for your git path - bash.exe.

Close the registry editor.

Now you can see this option in the right-click menu in Explorer

PS Git Bash selects the current directory by default.

EDIT . If you need a one-click approach, check out the Ozesh solution below

Answer 2

Step 1. On the desktop, right-click "Create" → "Text Document" named OpenGitBash.reg

Step 2. Right-click the file and select “Modify”

Step 3. Copy the code below, save and close the file

Step 4. Run the file by double-clicking it

Note. Administrator permission is required for writing to the registry.

 Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 ; Open files ; Default Git-Bash Location C:\Program Files\Git\git-bash.exe [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Open Git Bash] @="Open Git Bash" "Icon"="C:\\Program Files\\Git\\git-bash.exe" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Open Git Bash\command] @="\"C:\\Program Files\\Git\\git-bash.exe\" \"--cd=%1\"" ; This will make it appear when you right click ON a folder ; The "Icon" line can be removed if you don't want the icon to appear [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\bash] @="Open Git Bash" "Icon"="C:\\Program Files\\Git\\git-bash.exe" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\bash\command] @="\"C:\\Program Files\\Git\\git-bash.exe\" \"--cd=%1\"" ; This will make it appear when you right click INSIDE a folder ; The "Icon" line can be removed if you don't want the icon to appear [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\bash] @="Open Git Bash" "Icon"="C:\\Program Files\\Git\\git-bash.exe" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\bash\command] @="\"C:\\Program Files\\Git\\git-bash.exe\" \"--cd=%v.\"" 

And here is your result:

Answer 3

You can install git for windows or Github for windows, both give you a choice during installation to add this feature to your Windows Explorer. You can find it here:

Github for windows

https://windows.github.com/

Git for windows

http://git-scm.com/

Answer 4

I am less than 50 points, so I can not directly respond to the message Shaswat.

What worked for me was almost like that, but with the following REGEDIT option:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Classes/Directory/background/shell and here I created a Bash key with the value of what I want the display name to be, and then created another key under this named command with the value as the path to git - bash. exe

I am on Windows 10 and have a new git installation that did not automatically add this for any reason (git version 2.12.0 64bit)

Answer 5

Here is the registry export ( *.reg ) for the Git GUI and Git Bash directly from the Windows installer - Git GUI:

 Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\background\shell\git_gui] @="Git &GUI Here" "Icon"="C:\\Program Files\\Git\\cmd\\git-gui.exe" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\background\shell\git_gui\command] @="\"C:\\Program Files\\Git\\cmd\\git-gui.exe\" \"--working-dir\" \"%v.\"" 

Git bash:

 Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\background\shell\git_shell] @="Git Ba&sh Here" "Icon"="C:\\Program Files\\Git\\git-bash.exe" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\background\shell\git_shell\command] @="\"C:\\Program Files\\Git\\git-bash.exe\" \"--cd=%v.\"" 

For more information about *.reg see " How to Add, Modify, or Delete Partitions and Registry Values ​​Using a .reg File " from Microsoft.

Answer 6

Normally, git bash here can only be run in directories, so you need to go to the directory and right-click on the previous directory, and then select git bash here (of course, on Windows).
Note : the context menu inside the directory does not have the git bash here option.

Answer 7

You can install TortoiseGit for Windows and enable integration in the context menu. I consider this the best tool for working with Git on Windows.

Answer 8

Like, @Shaswat Rungta said: "I think the question is how to add it after the installation is complete."

On my PC (Windows 7), I think the “Git Bash here” command disappeared after installing Visual Studio 2017.

I fixt is to download and install git again.

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NOTE: "When installing Git for Windows, the context menu options are not 'on' by default. You will need to select them during installation." - @nbushnell ( I did it )

Answer 9

I updated my git and I marked the option "Git Bash Here"

Answer 10

Add the git path to the environment path variable (for example, C:\Program Files\Git\cmd ), with which you can access git from any folder using the command line.