title: Extend $PATH variable in git bash under Windows
body: <p>I'm trying to extend my $PATH variable in git bash (MinGW shell) by adding the following to the file ~/.bashrc</p>
  
  <pre><code>PATH=$PATH':/c/Program Files/maven/apache-maven-3.2.5/bin'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>After I did this and restarted the bash it seems like that the $PATH variable was extended like expected:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$ echo $PATH
  MANY_OTHER_PATHS:/c/Program Files/maven/apache-maven-3.2.5/bin
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But I still cannot execute the programms in the given directory:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$ mvn
  bash: mvn: command not found
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What went wrong here? How do I extend the PATH variable correctly?</p>