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On 2012-11-22, Angelo Borsotti <angelo.borsotti@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have attached an external disc, which appears on Windows as drive f:
> in Windows Explorer.
> Right-clicking on it displays a context menu showing (among other
> items) Git Init Here, Git Gui and
> Git Bash. The first two work properly on that drive.
> However, the git bash does not. Not even the one that is run from the icon:
>
> $ cd f:
> sh.exe": cd: f:: No such file or directory

This is probably a known limitation of MSYS (the shell environment that
Git Bash uses, which is part of MingW):

Drive letters added after MSYS has started only become visible if all
MSYS processes are stopped and restarted. See e.g.

How to register newly mounted drive in git bash?
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5197540/

for some more details.

It seems there is no easy workaround, so you'll need to close all Git
Bash windows and reopen them.