Windows – Access Remote Git Bash Prompt from Linux

fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git

This tells you that the directory you're in is not a git repository. Before you can add remote servers, commit things and so you must have a git repository created.

In a git repository there's a directory (which can be hidden) named .git. It contains metadata on the repository and all the data regarding the checked files.

To create it type git init in the directory you wish to have a git repository. Then you could add remote servers and perform operations on it.

Here's what I did (your paths with almost certainly vary):

1. Create a new tab in Console with the following values:
   • Title: Git Bash
   • Icon: C:\Program Files\Git\etc\git.ico
   • Shell "C:\Program Files\Git\bin\sh.exe" --login -i
   • Startup dir: %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%
2. Create a new key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\ called git_shell2 with a data value of Git Console Here
3. Create a new key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\git_shell2\ called command with a data value of "C:\Users\charlesr\My Dropbox\Software\Console2\Console.exe" -t "Git Bash" -d "%1"

This does the trick.

Instead of doing steps 2 and 3 above, you could just copy the following into a .reg file (modify the paths to suit your own config first) then import into the registry.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\git_shell2]
@="Git Console Here"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\git_shell2\command]
@="\"C:\\Users\\charlesr\\My Dropbox\\Software\\Console2\\Console.exe\" -t \"Git Bash\" -d \"%1\""