msysgit sh.exe arguments

Question

I am trying to find some documentation about msysgit sh.exe command.

For instance I am aware of the --login flag to launch a git bash session but I would to know the other possibilities.

I have looked over the internet but can not find any place where is listed all the possibles arguments.

Solution 1

> .\sh.exe --help
GNU bash, version 3.1.0(1)-release-(i686-pc-msys)
Usage:  ".../Git/bin/sh.exe" [GNU long option] [option] ...
        ".../Git/bin/sh.exe" [GNU long option] [option] script-file ...
GNU long options:
        --debug
        --debugger
        --dump-po-strings
        --dump-strings
        --help
        --init-file
        --login
        --noediting
        --noprofile
        --norc
        --posix
        --protected
        --rcfile
        --restricted
        --verbose
        --version
        --wordexp
Shell options:
        -irsD or -c command or -O shopt_option          (invocation only)
        -abefhkmnptuvxBCHP or -o option
Type `".../Git/bin/sh.exe" -c "help set"' for more information about shell options.
Type `".../Git/bin/sh.exe" -c help' for more information about shell builtin commands.
Use the `bashbug' command to report bugs.

See also the GNU website, and bash’s manual.

Solution 2

The sh.exe from the git command line tool suite https://git-scm.com/download/win is a Windows executable by itself but can execute linux command lines and linux shell scripts.

• Firstly the path should be set, for example: set PATH=D:\Programs\Gitcmd\bin;%PATH%
• Maybe some environment variables are proper to build a $HOME: HOMEDRIVE and HOMEPATH.

• both can be done proper in a batch file.

  sh.exe 
  

  without arguments opens a shell window, try to type commands like 'ls', 'whoami' or 'git'. It should run.

  sh.exe -x -c "command arg1 'arg2 with spaces' arg3" 
  

  invokes a single linux command, for example sh.exe -x -c "git status"

  sh.exe -x "path/to/scriptfile"
  

  executes that scriptfile.

You can read more in http://www.vishia.org/Git/html/Gitcmd.html