Windows, Emacs, Git Bash, and shell-command

Question

Windows 7. Emacs 24.3.1. Git 1.8.1.msysgit.1. I have the following in my equivalent .emacs file:

(if (equal system-type \'windows-nt)
    (progn (setq explicit-s         


        

Answer 1

I know this is an older question, but I found it while I was searching for help on the same issue, so here's the solution I use for my particular use case, in case it helps someone in the future.

I sync up my .emacs.d between all computers I use emacs on, which includes both Linux & Windows machines. I inserted this into my init.el file to automatically deal with this issue appropriately in a Windows environment:

;; Set Windows-specific preferences if running in a Windows environment.
(defun udf-windows-setup () (interactive)
  ;; The variable `git-shell-path' contains the path to the `Git\bin'
  ;; file on my system. I install this in
  ;; `%USERPROFILE%\LocalAppInfo\apps\Git\bin'.
  (setq git-shell-path
        (concat (getenv "USERPROFILE") "\\LocalAppInfo\\apps\\Git\\bin"))
  (setq git-shell-executable
        (concat git-shell-path "\\bash.exe"))
  (add-to-list 'exec-path git-shell-path)
  (setenv "PATH"
          (concat git-shell-path ";"
                  (getenv "PATH")))
  (message "Windows preferences set."))

(if (eq system-type 'windows-nt)
    (udf-windows-setup))

Please note that the variable git-shell-path will need to be defined based on where you have git installed on your system. I install it in %USERPROFILE%\LocalAppInfo\apps\Git on the one Windows machine where I use it.