pipenv shell malforms PATH on git bash for windows

On git bash for windows, pipenv shell results in command not found for most commands (python, git, ls, which, etc)

<Note: I know that python -V says 3.6.3 and the path says 3.6.0; I did an upgrade and never bothered to rename the directory>

Interestingly, in the windows command prompt pipenv shell works as expected.

I think the problem is in the PATH. Here’s the path before and after pipenv shell

Grunzkes@Pantheon MINGW64 /c/dev/charmspace/iq-api (master)
$ echo $PATH$
/c/Users/Grunzkes/bin:/mingw64/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/mingw64/bin:/usr/bin:/c/Users/Grunzkes/bin:/c/ProgramData/Oracle/Java/javapath:/c/WINDOWS/system32:/c/WINDOWS:/c/WINDOWS/System32/Wbem:/c/WINDOWS/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0:/c/apps/python/3.6.0:/c/apps/python/3.6.0/scripts:/c/apps/nodejs/v7.9.0:/c/apps/Yarn/bin:/c/Program Files/gs/gs9.21/bin:/c/Program Files/gs/gs9.21/lib:/c/Users/Grunzkes/AppData/Local/Microsoft/WindowsApps:/c/apps/vs-code/bin:/c/Users/Grunzkes/AppData/Roaming/npm:/c/Users/Grunzkes/AppData/Local/Yarn/bin:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl$

Grunzkes@Pantheon MINGW64 /c/dev/charmspace/iq-api (master)
$ pipenv shell

Grunzkes@Pantheon MINGW64 C:/dev/charmspace/iq-api
$ echo $PATH$
C:\Users\Grunzkes\.virtualenvs\iq-api-rSM3q15e\Scripts;C:\Users\Grunzkes\bin;C:\apps\Git\mingw64\bin;C:\apps\Git\usr\local\bin;C:\apps\Git\usr\bin;C:\apps\Git\usr\bin;C:\apps\Git\mingw64\bin;C:\apps\Git\usr\bin;C:\Users\Grunzkes\bin;C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\apps\python\3.6.0;C:\apps\python\3.6.0\scripts;C:\apps\nodejs\v7.9.0;C:\apps\Yarn\bin;C:\Program Files\gs\gs9.21\bin;C:\Program Files\gs\gs9.21\lib;C:\Users\Grunzkes\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\apps\vs-code\bin;C:\Users\Grunzkes\AppData\Roaming\npm;C:\Users\Grunzkes\AppData\Local\Yarn\bin;C:\apps\Git\usr\bin\vendor_perl;C:\apps\Git\usr\bin\core_perl$

It appears that the path is being created in a windows format despite being in a bash shell. I say that based on:

1. The separator changes from : to ; (Unix to Windows)
2. The paths change from /c/ to C:\

Is there a flag or config to force unix-style PATH in pipenv shell?

Environment

1. Windows 10
2. Python 3.6.3
3. pipenv, version 8.2.7
4. git version 2.11.0.windows.1

[shawnwall]

@erinxocon I would argue that git for windows, and mingwin are actually commonly used for terminal shells in Windows (especially for all of us coming from *nix/mac), and lacking support for it is a real problem.

[niks-git]

I also faced similar issue on my GIT bash shell (version 2.7.3). Updating the shell to latest version did not help. What finally worked for me was manually editing the $PATH variable. Here’s what i did:

echo $PATH (Copy the original unix style path)

pipenv shell echo $PATH (Copy the modified portion of the path which is now in Windows style, and paste it upfront of the older path. Make sure you make it unix style compatible)

export PATH=“new-path-created-above”

This worked for me.