Script file contents added to .bash_history

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Existing issues matching what you're seeing

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Git for Windows version

git version 2.25.0.windows.1
cpu: x86_64
built from commit: 7c71c859c97853ed057da5cbab12f3c13b5554df
sizeof-long: 4
sizeof-size_t: 8

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git version 2.54.0.windows.1
cpu: x86_64
built from commit: 2b8a3ab140826ac423c2845ef81d4c6ac4f7bf3c
sizeof-long: 4
sizeof-size_t: 8
shell-path: D:/git-sdk-64-build-installers/usr/bin/sh
rust: disabled
feature: fsmonitor--daemon
gettext: enabled
libcurl: 8.19.0
OpenSSL: OpenSSL 3.5.6 7 Apr 2026
zlib: 1.3.2
SHA-1: SHA1_DC
SHA-256: SHA256_BLK
default-ref-format: files
default-hash: sha1

Windows version

Windows 11

Windows CPU architecture

x86_64 (64-bit)

Additional Windows version information

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.26200.8246]
(c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Options set during installation

Defaults

Other interesting things

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Terminal/shell

bash

Commands that trigger the issue

When I launch a script from the command line no entries are made to .bash_history (as expected)

When I launch a script by launching it from Windows File Explorer, the script's contents get added to .bash_history

Expected behaviour

.bash_history should be left untouched when executing a script

Actual behaviour

When I launch a script by launching it from Windows File Explorer, the script's contents get added to .bash_history

Repository

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