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Posted on by deimospwns

Has anyone successfully built a PAD automation interfacing with Git Bash command terminal? Looking for guidance/advice on what actions were used to achieve this.

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harish_sada 53 on at

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Flow Steps:

Install Git Bash.

Open Git Bash and run the following command git init

System.RunApplication.RunApplication ApplicationPath: $'''C:\\Program Files\\Git\\git-bash.exe''' WorkingDirectory: $'''C:\\Users\\''' WindowStyle: System.ProcessWindowStyle.Normal ProcessId=> AppProcessId
UIAutomation.GetWindow.GetForegroundWindow WindowTitle=> WindowTitle WindowInstance=> AutomationWindow
MouseAndKeyboard.SendKeys.FocusAndSendKeysByInstanceOrHandle WindowInstance: AutomationWindow TextToSend: $'''git status {Return}''' DelayBetweenKeystrokes: 20 SendTextAsHardwareKeys: False
MouseAndKeyboard.SendKeys.FocusAndSendKeysByInstanceOrHandle WindowInstance: AutomationWindow TextToSend: $'''exit {Return}''' DelayBetweenKeystrokes: 20 SendTextAsHardwareKeys: False

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deimospwns 14 on at

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harish sada - thank you for the reply. this method was what I was thinking of using, are you able to get data back from the window?

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harish_sada 53 on at

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Store the command results from the following steps in a text file

git status > C:\\Users\\Desktop\\output.txt
git log >> C:\\Users\\Desktop\\output.txt

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