Changing the root directory (/) of git bash

Question

Is there a way to change the root (/) directory of git bash on windows.

By default it is set to the installation folder. Setting it to c:\ instead would save needing to type the drive letter e.g. /c/some/path on all absolute paths.

Solution 1

echo 'cd /c/' >> ~/.bashrc

Automatically go to /c/ directory when opening bash cli.

Solution 2

If you installed git right, then two commands will appear in the file explorer menu when you call it with right-click. You will see nice color-full icons for both two commands: - Git GUI Here - Git bash Here took me 3 days... so you can run both from anywhere.. just go there and run from there!!

Solution 3

What you can do is mount some windows paths to a root-based msys2 paths:

mount c:/src /src

Then you can access C:/src/... as /src/...

Solution 4

In your .bashrc file :

function cd {
  cd "/c/${1}"
}

I would think this should work for all cases. This would limit you to C Drive absolute paths though.

Solution 5

What worked for me (Windows 10) was to edit the shortcut.

Previously the Target was "C:\Program Files\Git\git-bash.exe" --cd-to-home Start in: was my homedir

I changed Start in to be C: and removed --cd-to-home

Now bash starts in /c

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Comments

[79E09796]

This is a good workaround, it's limited to mapping individual directories in Cygwin, but something that works in git bash for all directories might not be possible.

[max630]

Right, mounting to root does not work. But I did not propose it.

[EverPresent]

Why was this downvoted? I upvoted it. It works great for me and is way better than copying folders into the root C: drive like the accepted answer suggests.

[79E09796]

If it helps your use case it's great, I wouldn't downvote it. However it doesn't allow unix style absolute paths for the c drive, so can't accept it as the answer either.