Configuring Git Bash As An External Tool
How do I configure Git Bash as an external tool?
I have Console2 and CubicExplorer configured fine as external tools but I can't seem to make Git Bash work.
The Windows shortcut is:
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin\sh.exe" --login -i"
The working directory should probably be set to $ProjectFileDir$ to make it useful.
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On Windows 7, I use parameters: "/c start D:\Programs\Git\bin\sh.exe --login -i", with the working dir set to "$FileDir$".
Thanks Shorn. I noticed that you don't have any spaces in your path.
That led me to believe that the problem seemed to stem from the fact that I had spaces in Program Files(x86) and IDEA was getting confused by the quotes I was putting in.
Windows 8.3 names to the rescue!
/c start C:\Progra~2\Git\bin\sh.exe --login -i
Working dir set to $ProjectFileDir$ makes more sense for me as I only use it for repo level commands that IDEA doesn't seem to support yet.
e.g. git reset --soft HEAD~1 or git rebase --continue.
An alternative, is to add Console2 (http://www.hanselman.com/blog/Console2ABetterWindowsCommandPrompt.aspx ) as an external tool and to have new tabs in that open Git Bash.