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

Answer 1

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