Herd doesn't seem to work with Git Bash Terminal

[frankliniwobi]

I've been using git bash on my windows pc for the longest time now, no issues, but after I installed herd, I've discovered that the herd command doesn't work on git bash, I've switched to the default Windows power shell and it's working perfectly but I don't like Windows power shell, it's not just good enough for me, so please is there a way to get herd to work on git bash? Or can anyone please recommend any terminal that is as good as git bash, works with herd and supported by Windows, I've been searching, I'd appreciate any help I can get, thank you 🙏

[mechelon]

If you want to use the Herd binaries in Git Bash, add these aliases to your .bash_profile:

alias php="php.bat"
alias herd="herd.bat"
alias laravel="laravel.bat"
alias composer="composer.bat"

We'll update the documentation regarding that soon (and will also try to add these lines automatically during onboarding for new installs).

[spitfire64]

My .bash_profile now looks like this:

# generated by Git for Windows
test -f ~/.profile && . ~/.profile
test -f ~/.bashrc && . ~/.bashrc
alias php="php.bat"
alias herd="herd.bat"
alias laravel="laravel.bat"
alias composer="composer.bat"

and my .bashrc like this:
pa=php artisan
But the shorthand 'pa' doesn't work.

[bhekor]

Thank you for this, I almost reset my pc because of this. Because I've uninstalled Herd, but it didn't clear the aliases. I didn't know it created aliases for me, I feel it's unnecessary.

[Mohamed-G2021]

If you want to use the Herd binaries in Git Bash, add these aliases to your .bash_profile:

alias php="php.bat"
alias herd="herd.bat"
alias laravel="laravel.bat"
alias composer="composer.bat"

We'll update the documentation regarding that soon (and will also try to add these lines automatically during onboarding for new installs).

worked for me
thanks for the reply

[jcrben]

nvm found them in the ~/.bash_profile

@mechelon where do these get added? installed herd and now I've noticed I have these new aliases but I want to remove them

See also: [Bug]: uninstall docs for Windows missing the entries added to .bash_profile #930