Using bash in WebStorm terminal

Question

I downloaded git bash for Windows and attempted to set this as the shell in WebStorm. I went to Settings -> Tools -> Terminal, and set the Shell path to git-bash.exe. Then, when I pressed OK an opened the terminal in WebStorm, I got the message:

Cannot open Local Terminal
Failed to start [git-bash.exe] in C:\Users...
Error running process: CreateProcess failed. Code 2

Perhaps I need the environmental variables set up but I wasn't sure how this would be done.

What steps are needed in order to enable this shell in the WebStorm terminal?

Answer 1

Please use full\path\to\Git\bin\sh.exe as Shell path in Settings | Tools | Terminal. git-bash.exe won't work, because it is a terminal emulator for sh shell with its own window/UI, not a shell. WebStorm provides its own terminal emulator in Terminal tool window. It's impossible to integrate one terminal emulator inside another, because all integration is based on parsing ANSI/VT sequences from underlying shell.