Unable to run commands with neovim, when launched from git bash

Question

I am trying to run terminal commands from neovim. I launched nvim from git bash. But when I run :!ls I get the error

: /usr/bin/bash: /s: No such file or directory

shell returned 127

I searched the internet, I couldn't find the solution. Can anybody help me with this??

Specs: I installed both git and neovim from the websites. OS: Windows 11.

Running bash commands from neovim would be a useful feature that improves my productivity.

Max Shen · Accepted Answer · 2022-11-10 15:01:32Z

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There are actually a same issue on Neovim’s GitHub.

Try add set shellcmdflag=-c to your config file.

answered Nov 10, 2022 at 15:01

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Grave18 Over a year ago

It works, but not always, as a temporary solution can be used in init.vim :let &shell = '"C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe"'

Sofia · Accepted Answer · 2025-09-07 11:54:11Z

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I had the same problem and solving it required recreating a couple of different problems in the process. I used a couple of different approaches together but what worked for me finally was adding this to the init.lua file.

if (os.getenv("SHELL") and os.getenv("SHELL"):find("bash")) then
    --Configuring gitbash as THE shell
    vim.o.shell = [["C:/Program Files/Git/usr/bin/bash.exe"]]
    vim.o.shellcmdflag = "-c"
    vim.o.shellredir = ">%s 2>&1"
    vim.o.shellquote = ""
    vim.o.shellxescape = ""
    vim.env.TMP = "/tmp"
    vim.o.shellxquote = ""
    vim.o.shellpipe = "2>&1| tee"
end

Also, it may require finding your bash.exe in a different location.

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answered Mar 24 at 8:27

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