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    <p><a href="http://www.cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ov-new.html#ov-new1.7.34" rel="noreferrer">Starting with Cygwin 1.7.34</a>, the recommended way to do this is to add a custom <code>db_home</code> setting to <code>/etc/nsswitch.conf</code>. A common wish when doing this is to make your Cygwin home directory equal to your Windows user profile directory. This setting will do that:</p> <pre><code>db_home: windows </code></pre> <p>Or, equivalently:</p> <pre><code>db_home: /%H </code></pre> <p>You need to use the latter form if you want some variation on this scheme, such as to segregate your Cygwin home files into a <em>subdirectory</em> of your Windows user profile directory:</p> <pre><code>db_home: /%H/cygwin </code></pre> <p>There are several other alternative schemes for the <code>windows</code> option plus several other <code>%</code> tokens you can use instead of <code>%H</code> or in addition to it. See <a href="https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#ntsec-mapping-nsswitch-syntax" rel="noreferrer">the <code>nsswitch.conf</code> syntax description</a> in the <a href="https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/cygwin-ug-net.html" rel="noreferrer">Cygwin User Guide</a> for details.</p> <p>If you installed Cygwin prior to 1.7.34 or have run its <a href="https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-utils.html#mkpasswd" rel="noreferrer"><code>mkpasswd</code> utility</a> so that you have an <code>/etc/passwd</code> file, you can change your Cygwin home directory by editing your user's entry in that file. Your home directory is the second-to-last element on your user's line in <code>/etc/passwd</code>.¹</p> <p>Whichever way you do it, this causes the <code>HOME</code> environment variable to be set during shell startup.²</p> <p>See <a href="http://www.cygwin.com/faq.html#faq.setup.home" rel="noreferrer">this FAQ item</a> for more on the topic.</p> <hr> <p><strong>Footnotes:</strong></p> <ol> <li><p>Consider moving <code>/etc/passwd</code> and <code>/etc/group</code> out of the way in order to use <a href="http://www.cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#ntsec-mapping" rel="noreferrer">the new SAM/AD-based mechanism</a> instead.</p></li> <li><p>While it is possible to simply set <code>%HOME%</code> via the Control Panel, it is <a href="https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2015-02/msg00455.html" rel="noreferrer">officially discouraged</a>. Not only does it unceremoniously override the above mechanisms, it doesn't always work, such as when running shell scripts via <code>cron</code>.</p></li> </ol>
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    1. CONote that if you installed the Git bash shell from http://git-scm.com/download/win, you _might_ have issues with the cygwin install (depending on what options you chose). My cygwin ~ ended up at my Win7 user directory and `ssh` wouldn't work correctly until editing `/etc/passwd` as described.
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    2. COThe issues @Allan mentions here with git installations are addressed by setting the Windows environment variable for HOME and then recreating the `/etc/passwd` file. See [my answer here](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1494658/how-can-i-change-my-cygwin-home-folder-after-installation/11182877#11182877) to avoid such issues.
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