Use Mintty with Git-Bash

Mintty is a great tool as terminal for bash shell on windows. Git for windows by default has a special bash installed. Use Mintty for Git can make you get "intellisense" for git commands while having benefits of a modern terminal window.

Step 1: Download Mintty

Step 2: Unzip Mintty into git's installation directory, e.g. C:\Program Files\Git\bin

Step 3: Create a shortcut like:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin\mintty.exe" /bin/bash --login -i

Step 4: Run the shortcut, then create a folder for Mintty to save it's config file (.minttyrc)

mkdir /home/$LOGNAME/test