unable to copy/paste in mingw shell

Question

I just installed MinGW on Windows and I\'m unable to copy/paste as I am used to on Linux or even PuTTY. What is the trick for copying and pasting text (e.g. from chrome) into Mi

Answer 1

Win7 running MINGW64 (mintty 2.7.3) which came with the current version of Git Bash 2.1.3.0 from date of this comment.

Right click title bar of shell > Mouse > under Click actions > Right mouse button > select the Paste radio button.

However, I was surprised to find this didn't allow me to paste using my right click on my mouse.

I had to also select Application mouse mode > Default click target > Window

After changing both settings I was able to paste.

So it seems the new shell that comes with the current version of Git bash has new features. It also seems to be a bit buggy. For instance running an an executable via cli (e.g. php -version results in empty output and forces me to restart the shell). Waiting for a new update, hopefully which will fix this.