git-bash $PATH cannot parse windows directory with space

Question

I would like to use git-bash come with github client on a windows 7 (32bit) machine. Somehow, the git-bash has already learned the $PATH variables from windows

Answer 1

The answer for me was close to that of Seagal82. I added the following line at the start of [PATH_TO_GITBASH_INSTALL]\etc\profile:

export HOME="/c/Users/Username\ with\ spaces/"

Then I started a new git bash window and all the paths in $PATH using $HOME got replaced with the anti-slashed space and work correctly.