GIT BASH IN INTELLIJ IDEA 13 ON WINDOWS One of the top features of the recent release of IntelliJ ID

GIT BASH IN INTELLIJ IDEA 13 ON WINDOWS

One of the top features of the recent release of IntelliJ IDEA 13 is definitively a built-in command-line interface. For me, this is really great feature - especially local terminal . I don't need to abandon the IDE to work with command-line interface anymore, e.g. while working with source code management systems like Git.

On Windows machines, by default cmd.exe is used. To change it, open settings (Ctrl+Alt+s) and type Terminal:

To use Git bash I use the following shell path:  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin\sh.exe" --login -i. Now when I open terminal window ( Alt+F12) I see Git bash that is opened in the project's folder, so I can immediately start using it:

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