When using Git Bash in VSCode (Windows), base gets activated, but the "conda" command fails.

[mahtab-nejati]

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Issue

I am on Windows, working in the VSCode terminal, which I setup to defaults to Git Bash. When I start a new terminal, it opens with the base env activated since I have run conda init bash. But when I try the conda command in this terminal with any operation (list, info, or anything else), I get the message bash: C:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Local\miniforge3\Scripts: Is a directory.

What's interesting is that I can run any conda operation in a Git Bash terminal outside of the VSCode.

Installed packages

archspec                  0.2.3              pyhd8ed1ab_0    conda-forge
asttokens                 3.0.0              pyhd8ed1ab_1    conda-forge
boltons                   24.0.0             pyhd8ed1ab_1    conda-forge
brotli-python             1.1.0           py312h275cf98_2    conda-forge
bzip2                     1.0.8                h2466b09_7    conda-forge
ca-certificates           2024.12.14           h56e8100_0    conda-forge
certifi                   2024.12.14         pyhd8ed1ab_0    conda-forge
cffi                      1.17.1          py312h4389bb4_0    conda-forge
charset-normalizer        3.4.1              pyhd8ed1ab_0    conda-forge
colorama                  0.4.6              pyhd8ed1ab_1    conda-forge
comm                      0.2.2              pyhd8ed1ab_1    conda-forge
conda                     24.11.2         py312h2e8e312_1    conda-forge
conda-libmamba-solver     24.9.0             pyhd8ed1ab_0    conda-forge
conda-package-handling    2.4.0              pyha770c72_1    conda-forge
conda-package-streaming   0.11.0             pyhd8ed1ab_0    conda-forge
cpython                   3.12.8          py312hd8ed1ab_1    conda-forge
debugpy                   1.8.11          py312h275cf98_0    conda-forge
decorator                 5.1.1              pyhd8ed1ab_1    conda-forge
distro                    1.9.0              pyhd8ed1ab_1    conda-forge
exceptiongroup            1.2.2              pyhd8ed1ab_1    conda-forge
executing                 2.1.0              pyhd8ed1ab_1    conda-forge
fmt                       11.0.2               h7f575de_0    conda-forge
frozendict                2.4.6           py312h4389bb4_0    conda-forge
h2                        4.1.0              pyhd8ed1ab_1    conda-forge
hpack                     4.0.0              pyhd8ed1ab_1    conda-forge
hyperframe                6.0.1              pyhd8ed1ab_1    conda-forge
idna                      3.10               pyhd8ed1ab_1    conda-forge
importlib-metadata        8.5.0              pyha770c72_1    conda-forge
ipykernel                 6.29.5             pyh4bbf305_0    conda-forge
ipython                   8.31.0             pyh7428d3b_0    conda-forge
jedi                      0.19.2             pyhd8ed1ab_1    conda-forge
jsonpatch                 1.33               pyhd8ed1ab_1    conda-forge
jsonpointer               3.0.0           py312h2e8e312_1    conda-forge
jupyter_client            8.6.3              pyhd8ed1ab_1    conda-forge
jupyter_core              5.7.2              pyh5737063_1    conda-forge
krb5                      1.21.3               hdf4eb48_0    conda-forge
libarchive                3.7.7                h979ed78_3    conda-forge
libcurl                   8.11.1               h88aaa65_0    conda-forge
libexpat                  2.6.4                he0c23c2_0    conda-forge
libffi                    3.4.2                h8ffe710_5    conda-forge
libiconv                  1.17                 hcfcfb64_2    conda-forge
liblzma                   5.6.3                h2466b09_1    conda-forge
libmamba                  1.5.12               hc493ae7_0    conda-forge
libmambapy                1.5.12          py312h510e527_0    conda-forge
libsodium                 1.0.20               hc70643c_0    conda-forge
libsolv                   0.7.30               hbb528cf_0    conda-forge
libsqlite                 3.47.2               h67fdade_0    conda-forge
libssh2                   1.11.1               he619c9f_0    conda-forge
libxml2                   2.13.5               he286e8c_1    conda-forge
libzlib                   1.3.1                h2466b09_2    conda-forge
lz4-c                     1.10.0               h2466b09_1    conda-forge
lzo                       2.10              hcfcfb64_1001    conda-forge
mamba                     1.5.12          py312h5494d5c_0    conda-forge
matplotlib-inline         0.1.7              pyhd8ed1ab_1    conda-forge
menuinst                  2.2.0           py312h275cf98_0    conda-forge
miniforge_console_shortcut 1.0                  h57928b3_0    conda-forge
nest-asyncio              1.6.0              pyhd8ed1ab_1    conda-forge
numpy                     2.2.1                    pypi_0    pypi
openssl                   3.4.0                ha4e3fda_1    conda-forge
packaging                 24.2               pyhd8ed1ab_2    conda-forge
pandas                    2.2.3                    pypi_0    pypi
parso                     0.8.4              pyhd8ed1ab_1    conda-forge
pickleshare               0.7.5           pyhd8ed1ab_1004    conda-forge
pip                       24.3.1             pyh8b19718_2    conda-forge
platformdirs              4.3.6              pyhd8ed1ab_1    conda-forge
pluggy                    1.5.0              pyhd8ed1ab_1    conda-forge
prompt-toolkit            3.0.48             pyha770c72_1    conda-forge
psutil                    6.1.1           py312h4389bb4_0    conda-forge
pure_eval                 0.2.3              pyhd8ed1ab_1    conda-forge
pybind11-abi              4                    hd8ed1ab_3    conda-forge
pycosat                   0.6.6           py312h4389bb4_2    conda-forge
pycparser                 2.22               pyh29332c3_1    conda-forge
pygments                  2.19.1             pyhd8ed1ab_0    conda-forge
pysocks                   1.7.1              pyh09c184e_7    conda-forge
python                    3.12.8          h3f84c4b_1_cpython    conda-forge
python-dateutil           2.9.0.post0        pyhff2d567_1    conda-forge
python_abi                3.12                    5_cp312    conda-forge
pytz                      2024.2                   pypi_0    pypi
pywin32                   307             py312h275cf98_3    conda-forge
pyzmq                     26.2.0          py312hd7027bb_3    conda-forge
reproc                    14.2.5.post0         h2466b09_0    conda-forge
reproc-cpp                14.2.5.post0         he0c23c2_0    conda-forge
requests                  2.32.3             pyhd8ed1ab_1    conda-forge
ruamel.yaml               0.18.8          py312h4389bb4_0    conda-forge
ruamel.yaml.clib          0.2.8           py312h4389bb4_1    conda-forge
setuptools                75.6.0             pyhff2d567_1    conda-forge
six                       1.17.0             pyhd8ed1ab_0    conda-forge
stack_data                0.6.3              pyhd8ed1ab_1    conda-forge
tk                        8.6.13               h5226925_1    conda-forge
tornado                   6.4.2           py312h4389bb4_0    conda-forge
tqdm                      4.67.1             pyhd8ed1ab_1    conda-forge
traitlets                 5.14.3             pyhd8ed1ab_1    conda-forge
truststore                0.10.0             pyhd8ed1ab_0    conda-forge
typing_extensions         4.12.2             pyha770c72_1    conda-forge
tzdata                    2024.2                   pypi_0    pypi
ucrt                      10.0.22621.0         h57928b3_1    conda-forge
urllib3                   2.3.0              pyhd8ed1ab_0    conda-forge
vc                        14.3                ha32ba9b_23    conda-forge
vc14_runtime              14.42.34433         he29a5d6_23    conda-forge
vs2015_runtime            14.42.34433         hdffcdeb_23    conda-forge
wcwidth                   0.2.13             pyhd8ed1ab_1    conda-forge
wheel                     0.45.1             pyhd8ed1ab_1    conda-forge
win_inet_pton             1.1.0              pyh7428d3b_8    conda-forge
yaml-cpp                  0.8.0                h63175ca_0    conda-forge
zeromq                    4.3.5                ha9f60a1_7    conda-forge
zipp                      3.21.0             pyhd8ed1ab_1    conda-forge
zstandard                 0.23.0          py312h7606c53_1    conda-forge
zstd                      1.5.6                h0ea2cb4_0    conda-forge

Environment info

active environment : base
    active env location : C:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Local\miniforge3
            shell level : 1
       user config file : C:\Users\[USERNAME]\.condarc
 populated config files : C:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Local\miniforge3\.condarc
          conda version : 24.11.2
    conda-build version : not installed
         python version : 3.12.8.final.0
                 solver : libmamba (default)
       virtual packages : __archspec=1=cascadelake
                          __conda=24.11.2=0
                          __cuda=12.5=0
                          __win=0=0
       base environment : C:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Local\miniforge3  (writable)
      conda av data dir : C:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Local\miniforge3\etc\conda
  conda av metadata url : None
           channel URLs : https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/win-64
                          https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/noarch
          package cache : C:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Local\miniforge3\pkgs
                          C:\Users\[USERNAME]\.conda\pkgs
                          C:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Local\conda\conda\pkgs
       envs directories : C:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Local\miniforge3\envs
                          C:\Users\[USERNAME]\.conda\envs
                          C:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Local\conda\conda\envs
               platform : win-64
             user-agent : conda/24.11.2 requests/2.32.3 CPython/3.12.8 Windows/11 Windows/10.0.22621 solver/libmamba conda-libmamba-solver/24.9.0 libmambapy/1.5.12
          administrator : False
             netrc file : None
           offline mode : False