Right clicking a folder in windows opens the submenu of a windows right click. Where you have the basic OS operations like "Open", "Edit", "rename" etc.
If git is installed you also have the option to "git bash here". This command should open the terminal/cmd and directly point to the right-clicked folder. But it's always openening in the root system folder.
tl;dr; clicking "git bash here" opens the system root folder instead of the right-clicked one
The way I solve my own problem is to uninstall Git, and delete .bashrc manually (cause uninstall Git doesn't remove that file), and install Git again. And the terminal open correctly in my working folder rather than root system folder. Thanks to Todd.
As one of the comments suggest, the .bashrc file is the one to "blame".
Deleting it would solve the issue.
However, it contains valuable declarations. So "don't throw the baby out with the bathwater": a minor edit would do the trick:
Open Git Bash window. While the bash is active, enter the following:
vim ~/.bashrc
In my case, the bottom line (scroll using arrows) was:
cd /c
Just delete it (press twice on d), and then quit with saving, by pressing :, and then wqEnter.
That's it! The next time you open Git Bash Here - you should see the shell active on the relevant folder.
Related
I created some setting on the .zshrc file to display git branches in a visual way. It runs very well.
After this settings, I went to clean my Terminal visually and decided to remove my username from every line. Found instructions to do it through the Terminal settings, on the Shell tab, by selecting the "Run command" and writing "export PROMPT="myname %1~ %#"; clear;". And it also works well.
The problem is when I close the terminal and open again, only the username removed works, but the git branches do not appear anymore, as if one overwrites the other.
Any suggestions on how to keep both settings together?
Is there any option to open the program files in Terminal(windows) directly from the folder's location in the drive, without actually typing all the commands to navigate and then executing it.
I guess "open in Terminal" option in present in Ubuntu;
You can achieve this in a number of ways.
Click on File at the top left corner of the current folder location. You will see Open Windows PowerShell option. Click on any option. It will open Power Shell and automatically navigate to the current folder.
Another option, Press Shift and Right Click. It will show Open PowerShell window here option.
If you are looking for Ubuntu-like terminal(bash) then you can install the Git terminal from here. Then, on right-click you will see Git Bash Here option.
I have installed git via Scoop on Windows 10 x64.
Using the detailed instruction from this answer I created my own reg script, to add a "Open Git Bash" command in the context menu of Windows Explorer, for my own user:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_USERS\user-sid\Software\Classes\*\shell\Open Git Bash]
#="Open Git Bash"
"Icon"="C:\\Users\\fritzmg\\scoop\\shims\\git-bash.exe"
[HKEY_USERS\user-sid\Software\Classes\*\shell\Open Git Bash\command]
#="\"C:\\Users\\fritzmg\\scoop\\shims\\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_USERS\user-sid\Software\Classes\Directory\shell\bash]
#="Open Git Bash"
"Icon"="C:\\Users\\fritzmg\\scoop\\shims\\git-bash.exe"
[HKEY_USERS\user-sid\Software\Classes\Directory\shell\bash\command]
#="\"C:\\Users\\fritzmg\\scoop\\shims\\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_USERS\user-sid\Software\Classes\Directory\Background\shell\bash]
#="Open Git Bash"
"Icon"="C:\\Users\\fritzmg\\scoop\\shims\\git-bash.exe"
[HKEY_USERS\user-sid\Software\Classes\Directory\Background\shell\bash\command]
#="\"C:\\Users\\fritzmg\\scoop\\shims\\git-bash.exe\" \"--cd=%v.\""
However, there are two problems with this:
1. Icon does not work
The icon within the context menu does not work:
May be this is more of a scoop issue. I am not sure how scoop creates those shims.
2. Two git bash windows open
When I actually use the context menu option, two git bash windows open:
One with the actual git bash, and one that just says "git-bash.exe". Closing either window closes both windows.
Of course I'd like to have it as if I had downloaded and installed git directly from https://git-scm.com/download/win . May be someone has any insights on how to alleviate those issues?
The shim.exe doesn't have an icon, so it can't be displayed.
In this case, it's recommended to use the current version path. (e.g. ~\scoop\apps\git\current\git-bash.exe)
Change the icon path to:
[HKEY_USERS\user-sid\Software\Classes\Directory\Background\shell\bash]
#="Open Git Bash"
"Icon"="C:\\Users\\fritzmg\\scoop\\apps\\git\\current\\git-bash.exe"
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?
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 :
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. If you don't have the shell key, create one.
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
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.
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.
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
https://windows.github.com/
Git for Windows
http://git-scm.com/
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)
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)
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.\"\""
When you install git-scm found in "https://git-scm.com/downloads" uncheck the "Only show new options" located at the very bottom of the installation window
Make sure you check
Windows Explorer integration
Git Bash Here
Git GUI Here
Click Next and you're good to go!
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.
Another option but using PowerShell script.
This is basically a PowerShell script which does almost the same as this answer (it also adds icon).
Create file (addOpenGitBashHereContextMenu.ps1), paste in the code below and run it from PowerShell.
You probably need to change exePath to point to your git executable.
Also change contextMenuText if you want to change the text in context menu.
$exePath = $env:USERPROFILE + '\scoop\apps\git\current\git-bash.exe'
$contextMenuText = 'Open Git Bash Here'
$regEntryName = 'git_shell'
$regPathShell = 'HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\Background\shell'
$regPathContextMenu = $regPathShell + '\' + $regEntryName
$regPathCommand = $regPathContextMenu + '\command'
$user = $env:UserName
echo "Setting '$contextMenuText' context menu..."
echo " User name: '$user'"
echo " Register path: '$regPathCommand'"
echo " Executable path: '$exePath'"
# Key: shell
If (-NOT (Test-Path $regPathShell)) {
New-Item -Path $regPathShell
}
# Key: regEntryName
If (-NOT (Test-Path $regPathContextMenu)) {
New-Item -Path $regPathContextMenu -Value $contextMenuText
# Add Icon to context menu
Set-ItemProperty -Path $regPathContextMenu -Name 'Icon' -Value $exePath
}
# Key: command
If (-NOT (Test-Path $regPathCommand)) {
New-Item -Path $regPathCommand -Value $exePath
}
Try updating your git. For window user you can update your git via cmd by simply writing the command- "git update-git-for-windows".
When done, you can simply right click inside a directory where you want to open the gitbash and check if its showing "Gitbash here" or not. If it's not showing anything, try to look for "Show more options" there and click on it. Now, you may able to see it.
I ran into this problem installing Git-2.38.1-64-bit on a new Windows 10 Pro corporate laptop.
I tried several things ... and considered one of the regedit scripts (the moral equivalent of "Nurse - chainsaw!")... but resolved the problem by simply uninstalling and reinstalling Git (as "Admin").
Specifically:
Control Panel > Programs/Features > Uninstall Git
Reboot Windows
Reinstall Git-2.38.1-64-bit as "Admin"
Carefull check all the options, especially:
"Windows Explorer Integration: Git Bash Here, Git GUI Here
<= These are checked by default ... and I'm sure they were both "Y" on the initial install
I copied my .gitconfig ("C:\Users\USERNAME.gitconfig") from another PC
<= I don't believe this was "essential" ...but I thought I'd mention it...
Browse to a local Git repo and verify the Git context menus work
<= Success after reinstall!
I updated my git and I marked the option of "Git Bash Here"
I have already too many programs that want a spot on my PATH list. Rather than pollute my PATH list, I choose instead to add a symbolic link, from an elevated command prompt, like so.
mklink C:\bin\git-bash.exe "C:\Program Files\Git\git-bash.exe"
While there are exceptions, this works in the majority of cases, including, among others, the 7-zip CLI, selected SysInternals command line tools, the NuGet CLI, and many others.
As a bonus, having the Git Bash command line interface so readily accessible makes activating it from an open command prompt window trivial. With this improvement, I can probably live without yet another item on my context menu for directories.
In addition to the answers with the theory and the minimal examples see the example of the .reg file for Git (and not only, with the instruction) with user-friendly names, shortcut keys (& in a user-friendly name) and icons in the "win-registry-snippets" repository
Do Nothing.
Just open your git bash terminal and type in:
git update-git-for-windows
Once update is completed, this will automatically add "Git Bash here" into your context menu.
Refer this: https://stackoverflow.com/a/65467670
You can install TortoiseGit for Windows and include integration in context menu.
I consider it the best tool to work with Git on Windows.
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.
Use Shift + F10 to open the menu of options which appear when right clicked, and then click s to git bash here.
To edit files from terminal I use subl (for sublime text) in order to edit the file;
example: If i need to edit app.js file I use subl app.js
Is there any way I can set up webstorm to open from the terminal ?
Try in terminal 'wstorm' and 'webstorm'
If the commands don't work you can run in WebStorm: "Tools" -> "Create Command Line Launcher..."
Note: The solution works only for Linux / MacOS
Update January 2016 using Webstorm 11.0.3 on mac os x
There was no option as described in the accepted answer.
Instead, just use the already installed command line binary wstorm designed for this purpose. Location shown below:
If you actually wish to open webstorm and have it load the contents of the current working directory for example, then place a . after the command:
wstorm .
Noted, others had made similar comments in this answers section, and wished to clarify the situation.
In Webstorm 2020.1.2 you need to do it via JetBrains ToolBox Settings. To do that go to JetBrain Toolbox, click on the settings cog, open Shell Scripts and type the path: /usr/local/bin click apply. Go to your terminal, from your project folder type webstorm . Hope this helps.
As suggested by Ali Faris(comment below), if you have an error like this Shell Scripts failed: /usr/local/bin/webstorm (Permission denied): inside of the logs
Jetbrains Toobox -> settings -> show log files -> toolbox.log (for me in: ~/Library/Logs/JetBrains/Toolbox).
Change /usr/local/bin to another folder name of your choice with the correct access rights, e.g - I chose this name: ~/.jetbrains-launchers.
You can check if script is created by Jetbrains: ls ~/.jetbrains-launchers (you should see a script for each of the jetbrains applications you use).
Add this to your path if needed for example if you use zsh add this at the bottom of your .zshrc export PATH="$HOME/.jetbrains-launchers:$PATH"
Open a new terminal window and this should work.
Basically jetbrains will create script like this (in this case for webstorm cat ~/.jetbrains-launchers/webstorm):
#!/bin/bash
#Generated by JetBrains Toolbox 1.22.10970 at 2022-01-08T12:57:24.803251
declare -a ideargs=()
declare -- wait=""
for o in "$#"; do
if [[ "$o" = "--wait" || "$o" = "-w" ]]; then
wait="-W"
o="--wait"
fi
if [[ "$o" =~ " " ]]; then
ideargs+=("\"$o\"")
else
ideargs+=("$o")
fi
done
open -na "/Users/[YOUR-USER]/Library/Application Support/JetBrains/Toolbox/apps/WebStorm/ch-0/213.6461.79/WebStorm.app/Contents/MacOS/webstorm" $wait --args "${ideargs[#]}"
I also downloaded WebStorm and wanted to use a similar shortcut to open files directly from the terminal.
I was surprised to find I already had a shortcut in my command line tools for webstorm:
subl is to Sublime as wstorm is to Webstorm.
Otherwise, as anstarovoyt has kindly pointed out, you can simply create your own shortcut via "Tools" > "Create Command Line Launcher"
Another way to do that:
open -a /Applications/WebStorm.app #Open last project
open -a /Applications/WebStorm.app Desktop #Open particular folder
open -a /Applications/WebStorm.app Desktop myscript.js #Open particular file
You can add alias to your config file:
#Edit your config:
vim ~/.bashrc
#add line:
alias ws='open -a /Applications/WebStorm.app'
#Read your config file:
source ~/.bashrc
Now you can use it:
ws . myscript.js
I know this is an older thread, but trying to achieve this using Windows was kind of a pain and I wasn't able to find anything specifically designed for my purposes. I created a Bash function that you can add as an alias (for Git Bash on Windows) that works similar to the command line functions in Visual Studio Code.
Here's the link to the Gist.
If you change the integrated terminal in WebStorm to Git Bash (instructions included in the Gist), you can perform the following actions:
Create a new file in the current working directory and open it in the editor:
wstorm foo.js
Create a new file in an existing relative path and open it in the editor:
wstorm foo/bar.js
This also works with subdirectories that don't exist:
wstorm this/path/doesnt/exist/file.js
If you're working in a Git Bash terminal (not in WebStorm) and want to open WebStorm up in the current directory, you can open it similar to Visual Studio Code:
wstorm .
Note: This needs to be done in a directory with a .idea folder.
As of 2019-03-09, WebStorm 2018.3.4 on Mac does not have Tools > "Create Command Line Launcher...". However, this works:
WebStorm Preferences > Keymap > Main Menu > Tools > Create Command-line Launcher...
Right-click "Create Command-line Launcher..." > Add Keyboard Shortcut
Assign a keyboard shortcut
Close Preferences
Type the keyboard shortcut to open "Create Launcher Script"
Click Ok to run the script
You can now launch WebStorm from the terminal with webstorm and can choose a directory to open
After setting up WebStorm to create the cli launcher you actually want to run
wstorm . &
to run the IntelliJ on the background otherwise IntelliJ closes if you happen to close the terminal you have launched the app from.
In WebStorm IDE, click DOUBLE CLICK ON SHIFT and type Create Command Line Launcher then click OK from luncher script promote .
cd project_folder_path using terminal and type webstorm ./ .
that is not for Windows OS
In Ubuntu terminal type:
/var/opt/webstorm6/WebStorm-129.664/bin/webstorm.sh
Note: please see your WebStorm build version, code mine is 129.664
In the terminal, while being in the given project folder:
webstorm .
I know that this is a pretty old thread, but I recently came across this problem on Windows (I'm using the JetBrains Toolbox).
With the following steps all new and existing applications that have been installed with the Toolbox will be added to your path!
Follow these steps to achieve this:
Because of permissions, we need to create a new directory in your user. I named it .path, so that I can also store any other application there in the future. So this will be C:\Users\<PC_USER>\.path\.
The the Toolbox click on the gear icon in the top right corner.
Then click on Enable Shell Scripts and/or Generate Shell Scripts.
In the input field that is located under the switch paste your path folder. (C:\Users\<PC_USER>\.path\)
Open your Edit the system environment variables program that can be found in Windows search or the control panel.
Click on the Environment Variables... button that is located in the right corner, a new window should pop up.
In the new window select the variable that says Path in the Variable column from the top list and then click on the edit button that is situated under the top list. Another new window should pop-up.
Click on new and paste your path there. (C:\Users\<PC_USER>\.path\)
Click on Ok in Edit environment variable > Environment Variables > System Properties.
Go to C:\Users\<PC_USER>\.path\ and all your toolbox installed applications should be there.
Restart your CLI and it should work.
The wstorm command didn't work in my Git bash, so I added the following function to my .bash_profile instead:
wstorm() {
/c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/JetBrains/WebStorm\ 2016.2.2/bin/WebStorm.exe $PWD/$1
}
A short solution relevant to the year 2021 for Linux users.
Just execute the comand:
sudo ln -s /<your path to Webstorm directory>/bin/webstorm.sh /usr/local/bin/webstorm
Since /usr/local/bin should be in the PATH environment variable by default, you should be able to run the webstorm command from anywhere in the shell.
More details Webstorm docs
I am running Windows 10 and whipped up a batch file (ws.bat) that implements this with optional command line argument for path to load).
:: place this batch file in your path and set to your WS EXE
:: ref: https://www.robvanderwoude.com/battech_defined.php
:: author: bob#bobchesley.net
#echo off
set target=%1
if defined target (goto passedarg) else (goto noarg)
:passedarg
echo Starting WebStorm with '%target%'
"C:\Program Files\JetBrains\WebStorm 2018.3.2\bin\webstorm.exe" %target%
goto:EOF
:noarg
echo Starting WebStorm with 'Current Dir'
"C:\Program Files\JetBrains\WebStorm 2018.3.2\bin\webstorm.exe" .
Pretty simple but it works.
webstorm . doesn't work on Windows. Try this for the current folder:
webstorm $pwd
$pwd is the current folder's path