How can I use Pik for Ruby in Git Bash on Windows?

Question

I'm running multiple versions of Ruby (and Rails) on Windows and use Pik to switch between them. At the command line, I'm able to call

> pik list
186: ruby 1.8.6 (2007-09-24 patchlevel 111) [i386-mswin32]
192: ruby 1.9.2p0 (2010-08-18) [i386-mingw32]

to get a list of ruby versions available, and use

> pik 192

> ruby -v
ruby 1.9.2p0 (2010-08-18) [i386-mingw32]

to make ruby 1.9.2 the active version:

I am not able to do the same in git bash:

 $ pik list
 sh.exe": pik: command not found

and the version of ruby is still 1.8.6

$ ruby -v
ruby 1.8.6 (2007-09-24 patchlevel 111) [i386-mswin32]

It seems like git bash can't see the path to pik. Is there a way to alter the path within git bash or is there another way to run pik in git bash?

Answer 1

Hello,

Please ensure you have the latest version of Pik installed (0.2.8), with it. open your user profile .bash_profile or similar under Git Bash and ensure it contains the following code:

[[ -s $USERPROFILE/.pik/.pikrc ]] && source $USERPROFILE/.pik/.pikrc

From there you should be able to invoke pik from the Git Bash terminal.

Hope that helps