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Where is the beginning of the PATH in Git Bash?

On Windows, the PATH is separated into 2 parts, the System PATH & the User PATH. They can both be displayed and changed in the Control Panel (though not very well).

While running msysGit or Git for Windows, a 3rd PATH is created and put before the other 2, meaning programs will look in this 3rd PATH's folders for a command before the User or System PATH folders. I think msysGit created it because I chose the "Run Git and included Unix tools from the Windows Command Prompt" option during installation (correct me if I'm wrong):

enter image description here Where does msysGit/Git for Windows store this PATH, and how can I change it?

Solution

  • This part of the PATH is in /etc/profile (with / being wherever msysGit or Git for Windows is stored). This is similar to how Linux & UNIX do it, with /etc/profile being one of the places Bash looks for start-up scripts.