cygwin bash

I'm using Git Bash in my IntelliJ and for the path I had to put quotes around the path for it to work.

e.g. "C:\Git\bin\sh.exe" --login -i

Try  "c:\cygwin64\bin\sh.exe" -c "/bin/xhere /bin/bash"

Try "c:\cygwin64\bin\sh" -lic "cd ${OLDPWD-.}; bash"

@Glli80's Answer worked for me! Thanks!

Choosing the path to Cygwin.bat in the root of Cygwin directory as the command worked for me. 

For me it was -

c:\software\cygwin\Cygwin.bat

I would like to improve the Glli80's answer (since by default my bash profile was not executed):

"c:\cygwin64\bin\sh" -lic "source ~/.bash_profile; cd ${OLDPWD-.}; bash"

Affkar's answer worked for me. I had to reread his comment to understand it's the root directory of the Cygwin folder (cygwin\Cygwin.bat) not the bin folder (cygwin\bin\Cygwin.bat). His answer also ran all of the profiles correctly.

thnak you for improving Esgorbachev

+1 on Dave's answer.

I was having nothing but problems getting IntelliJ to work with Cygwin + my bashrc + cd to project root.

Cygwin.bat calls `bash --login -i` from the bin directory; however, using `"C:\path\to\cygwin\bin\bash" -li` in IntelliJ would leave me at my home directory (the cd to project root wasn't working). Using the `sh -lic "cd here; bash"` trick to run a command and leave the terminal open was failing completely due to my cd function (pushd not available). Even tried `sh -c "cd here; bash -li". Nothing worked. That is, until I tried Dave's answer. I figured it wouldn't work, since `-li` seems to be important. However, I was so wrong.

1. Ensure bin is in Path (you should have done this as part of your initial Cygwin installation). (Not 100% sure this is required, as I already had it set.)
2. Call bash with no arguments. Shell path `C:\tools\cygwin\bin\bash`

My bashrc was processed and the terminal opens to the project root. So simple! Too simple to think it works, but it does.

@Derek White

Thanks Derek, Glad to help out.  It seems that every accepted solution out there (including StackExchange) goes with the incorrect "-li" approach.  Very frustrating.  It was nice to see that IntelliJ code actually behaves correctly when the env (Path) was correctly defined.

@Gill80's answer works great except for paths with spaces. To fix this do:

"c:\cygwin64\bin\sh" -lic 'cd "${OLDPWD-.}"; bash'

The additional double quotes will force the environment variable into a single entity even if it has a space.

@Glli80's Answer worked for me! Thanks!

@Mskolaut's answer still fails for me when the path contains spaces. A small tweak got it working for me:

"c:\cygwin64\bin\sh" -lic 'cd -; bash'

Adding "exec" means that the "sh" process is replaced by "bash", leading to one less process.

"c:\cygwin64\bin\sh" -lic 'cd -; exec bash'

`"c:\cygwin64\bin\sh"…` did not load my bash profile. `"c:\cygwin64\bin\bash"…` did. Therefore, this is the command I ended up using:

C:\cygwin64\bin\bash -ilc 'cd -; exec bash'