Mingw + python eagerly translating the path

Question

I use:

• Windows XP
• Python 2.6.2 (standard installation from python.org)
• git version 1.6.5.1-preview20091022 (installed from http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/ )

I have an environment variable that looks like an absolute path ( /path/to/dir), but I use it to create a git URL. At some point it translates to C:/Program Files/Git/path/to/dir. Python seems to be to blame:

In the git bash shell:

$ export VAR=/path/to/dir
$ echo $VAR
/path/to/dir
$ python
>>> import os
>>> os.environ['VAR']
'C:/Program Files/Git/path/to/dir'

git bash doesn't translate the path, but Python?

At the Windows command prompt, Python does this correctly:

C:\>set VAR=/path/to/dir
C:\>echo %VAR%
/path/to/dir

C:\>python
>>> import os
>>> os.environ['VAR']
'/path/to/dir'

Can anyone explain what is going on here? And how can I prevent translation in a bash shell?

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Answer 1

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cygwin, :

$ export test="/bin"
$ python
>>> import os
>>> os.environ["test"]
'/bin'

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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You must install Cygwin and its python package (and even the git package if you want) to get the correct POSIX environment with the binaries and libraries prepared for it.