Windows batch file - start git bash and run git commands

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I am on windows-10. I want to create a batch-file to automate:

Starting Git Bash in project folder

Running the following Git commands:

eval $(ssh-agent -s) 
ssh-add ~/.ssh/github_rsa
git remote add origin [email protected]:git_user_name/git_repository_name.git

My current batch file below successfully starts Git Bash in the project folder, but I have not found anything which helps me learn how to run the git commands.

@echo off
cd /d C:\project_folder
start "" "%PROGRAMFILES%\Git\bin\sh.exe" --login -i <== edited per suggestion

You want to invoke sh.exe -c "commands here". Don't use --login or -i unless you're planning on typing the commands manually. — bk2204
– bk2204, Commented May 11, 2020 at 17:56
BTW, "%ProgramFiles%\Git\bin\sh.exe" would be more succinct, and no less robust. — Compo
– Compo, Commented May 11, 2020 at 18:01
so the next line in my batch file would be sh.exe -c "eval $(ssh-agent -s)" . I did want to have those three commands run and then have git bash open so i could continue to use it manually eg git add . etc — curtisp
– curtisp, Commented May 11, 2020 at 18:10

curtisp · Accepted Answer · 2020-05-11 22:19:11Z

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With direction from comment from bk2204 about "invoking sh.exe -c" I found that the following worked.

I concatenated all 3 commands into one string and put this string after start "" "%PROGRAMFILES%\Git\bin\sh.exe" -c and also added ; bash to the end of the command string which keeps the Git bash command window open. I wanted window open so I could continue to use it eg by entering manually git add ., git commit, push origin master, etc

start "" "%PROGRAMFILES%\Git\bin\sh.exe" -c "eval $(ssh-agent -s) && 
    ssh-add ~/.ssh/github_rsa && 
    git remote add origin [email protected]:git_user_name/git_repository_name.git; bash"

answered May 11, 2020 at 22:19

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