Does anyone know what git bash windows program uses for its shell?

Question

Sorry if this is not a place to post, but I am using the git bash program for windows downloaded from github.

It functions pretty much the same as the linux / mac terminal, and I was wondering if there is any software out there that does the same thing?

The problem is that I can only open one git bash window, if there is a way to open more than one git bash instance, that is great too!

Many thanks,

Martin

Answer 1

Github for Windows uses the GNU bash Windows port, which is provided by the MSYS project, which, in turn, is part of the Git for Windows project, which Github for Windows includes and uses internally.

That way, you can get bash for Windows outside of Github for Windows by installing MSYS.

Please note that Git for Windows is based on a modified msys.dll , which received a significant number of changes that were not included in the initial position. I'm not sure if this is a noticeable change for the user, but the bash "margin" may therefore differ in behavior from what you use inside Github for Windows.

Also note that this bash port was not taught to handle non-ASCII characters correctly. Therefore, although Git for Windows is full Unicode since 1.7.10, bash not aware of this, and I'm not sure what it will ever be.

Answer 2

It uses Git for Windows , a package containing MSys / MinGW and git. You can get multiple tabs with a wrapper like console .

Answer 3

In both Windows 7 and 8, you can move + left-click the Git icon in the launch bar or in the magic search window to open another instance.

Alternatively, you can simply double-click the shortcut or sh.exe in Git / bin /.

Note: Includes improvements from Fergie and botimer.

Answer 4

Here is an article about "Default git bash console with Console2 replacement" which will help you.