diff --git a/vendor/init.bat b/vendor/init.bat
index a7bf662..1e1005b 100644
--- a/vendor/init.bat
+++ b/vendor/init.bat
@@ -65,18 +65,23 @@ if not defined TERM set TERM=cygwin
         set test_dir=
     )
 )
+
 :: our last hope: our own git...
 :VENDORED_GIT
 @if exist "%CMDER_ROOT%\vendor\git-for-windows" (
     set "GIT_INSTALL_ROOT=%CMDER_ROOT%\vendor\git-for-windows"
+    rem add the minimal git commands to the front of the path
+    set "PATH=%GIT_INSTALL_ROOT%\cmd;%PATH%"
 ) else (
     goto :NO_GIT
 )
 
 :FOUND_GIT
 :: Add git to the path
-if defined GIT_INSTALL_ROOT (
-    set "PATH=%GIT_INSTALL_ROOT%\bin;%GIT_INSTALL_ROOT%\usr\bin;%GIT_INSTALL_ROOT%\usr\share\vim\vim74;%PATH%"
+@if defined GIT_INSTALL_ROOT (
+    rem add the unix commands including bash in GIT\bin at the end to not shadow windows commands like more
+    echo Enhancing PATH with unix commands from git [%GIT_INSTALL_ROOT%]
+    set "PATH=%PATH%;%GIT_INSTALL_ROOT%\bin;%GIT_INSTALL_ROOT%\usr\bin;%GIT_INSTALL_ROOT%\usr\share\vim\vim74"
     :: define SVN_SSH so we can use git svn with ssh svn repositories
     if not defined SVN_SSH set "SVN_SSH=%GIT_INSTALL_ROOT:\=\\%\\bin\\ssh.exe"
 )