GIT-SCM bash.exe doesn't work from "Enter-PSSession -Computer myServer"?

pico

2/21/23, 12:23 PM

Let's suppose I download and install Git-SCM on a remote windows 10 computer using this installer:

https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/download/v2.33.1.windows.1/PortableGit-2.33.1-64-bit.7z.exe

I unzip this exe installation file to the directory C:\GitPortable on the computer myserver. Which means on this computer I can start bash from powershell by typing:

PS> $env:path = "C:\PortableGit\usr\bin;$env:path"

PS> bash
dude@myserver ~
$ 
$ # now i'm at a BASH shell prompt!

Now, for my problem. I want to Enter-PSSession from another computer on my network, and start BASH shell from the remote interactive powershell session. But, it doesn't work even though bash.exe is a command line program. Example:

PS> Enter-PSSession -Computer MyServer

[myServer]: PS>  $env:path = "C:\PortableGit\usr\bin;$env:path"

[myServer]: PS>  bash
<NO OUTPUT HERE?>

[myServer]: PS>  cd C:\PortableGit\usr\bin

[myServer]: PS>  dir bash.exe

-a----         8/24/2021   6:24 AM        1963639 bash.exe

[myServer]: PS>  .\bash.exe
<NO OUTPUT HERE?>
[myServer]: PS>

However, bash works if I put "--help":

[myServer]: PS> bash --help
GNU bash, version 4.4.23(1)-release-(x86_64-pc-msys)
Usage:  /usr/bin/bash [GNU long option] [option] ...
        /usr/bin/bash [GNU long option] [option] script-file ...
GNU long options:
        --debug
        --debugger
        --dump-po-strings
        ...

I really needed to interactive bash shell from Enter-PSSession to work.. are their any work arounds to get an interactive bash shell to work remotely?

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pico

2/21/23, 7:56 PM

The Git developers said that you potentially need to use winpty, so instead of "[myserver]: PS> bash", it would be "[myserver]: PS> winpty bash --login --interactive." Unfortunately, this gives the error message. "winpty : stdin is not a tty + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (stdin is not a tty:String) [], RemoteException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NativeCommandError"

pico

2/21/23, 8:14 PM

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48199794/winpty-and-git-bash

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