How to add a context (aka right click) menu to the windows explorer that, when clicked, opens the git-bash console in the current explorer folder?
I had a similar issue and I did this.
Step 1 : Type "regedit" in start menu
Step 2 : Run the registry editor
Step 3 : Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\Background\shell
Step 4 : Right-click on "shell" and choose New > Key. name the Key "Bash"
Step 5 : Modify the value and set it to "open in Bash" This is the text that appears in the right click.
Step 6 : Create a new key under Bash and name it "command". Set the value of this key to your git-bash.exe path.
Close the registry editor.
You should now be able to see the option in right click menu in explorer
PS Git Bash by default picks up the current directory.
EDIT : If you want a one click approach, check Ozesh's solution below
Step 1. On your desktop right click "New"->"Text Document" with name OpenGitBash.reg
Step 2. Right click the file and choose "Edit"
Step 3. Copy-paste the code below, save and close the file
Step 4. Execute the file by double clicking it
Note: You need administrator permission to write 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 :
Here are the Registry exports (*.reg files) for 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 detail about *.reg files, see “How to add, modify, or delete registry subkeys and values by using a .reg file” from Microsoft.
The easiest way is to install the latest Git from here. And while installing, make sure you are enabling the option Windows Explorer Integration.
Once you are done, you will get those options in whenever you right click on any folder.
Hope it helps.
What worked for me was almost this, but with the following REGEDIT path:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Classes/Directory/background/shell and here I created the key Bash, 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'm on Windows 10 and have a fresh git install that didn't add this automatically for some reason (git version 2.12.0 64bit)
You can install git for windows or Github for windows , both give you the choice while installing to add this feature to your windows explorer. You can find it here:
Github for Windows
Git for Windows
As, @Shaswat Rungta said: "I think the question is more about how to add it after the installation is over."
On my PC(Windows 7) I think that the command "Git Bash here" disappeard after I installed Visual Studio 2017.
I fixt this by downloading and installing Git again.
NOTE: "When installing Git for Windows the context menu options are not 'on' by default. You will have to select them during the install." – @nbushnell (I did this)
Had a similar issue in adding "Start Command Prompt with Ruby" to context menu as it involves passing parameters along with the patch of cmd. Followed a similar procedure as the solution above
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Cmd With Ruby]
@="Cmd With Ruby"
"Icon"="C:\\Windows\\System32\\cmd.exe"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Cmd With Ruby\command]
@="\"C:\\Windows\\System32\\cmd.exe\" \"/E:ON /K
\"C:\\Ruby25-x64\\bin\\setrbvars.cmd\"\" \"--cd=%1\"\""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\bash]
@="Cmd With Ruby"
"Icon"="C:\\Windows\\System32\\cmd.exe"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\bash\command]
@="\"C:\\Windows\\System32\\cmd.exe\" \"/E:ON /K
\"C:\\Ruby25-x64\\bin\\setrbvars.cmd\"\" \"--cd=%1\"\""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\bash]
@="Cmd With Ruby"
"Icon"="C:\\Windows\\System32\\cmd.exe"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\bash\command]
@="\"C:\\Windows\\System32\\cmd.exe\" \"/E:ON /K
\"C:\\Ruby25-x64\\bin\\setrbvars.cmd\"\" \"--cd=%v.\"\""
Usually git bash here can be run only on directories so you have to go up a directory and right click on the previous directory then select git bash here (of course on Windows OS).
Note: context menu inside a directory does not have a git bash here option.
You can install TortoiseGit for Windows and include integration in context menu. I consider it the best tool to work with Git on Windows.
I updated my git and I marked the option of "Git Bash Here"
Add the gitpath to the Environment-path variable (e.g. C:\Program Files\Git\cmd) by which you can access git from any folder using command line.
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24386657/how-to-add-a-open-git-bash-here-context-menu-to-the-windows-explorer