To fix: nano ~/.inputrc and add the text set bell-style none or set bell-style audible. Press Ctrl + O and Ctrl + X to Save and Exit.

I found this behaviour to be really distracting/disurbing. The regular Git Bash terminal does exhibit this behaviour, though I can confirm that /c/Program Files/Git/etc/.inputrc does contain set bell-style visible (and that command is not overwritten by anything in .inputrc.

Note that set bell-style audible does not give a ping sound in Git Bash in Windows Terminal, but it does do so in regular Git Bash.

Git for Windows does install an /etc directory (perhaps mapped to C:\Program Files\Git\etc) and an /etc/inputrc file that includes set bell-style visible.

https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/blob/1227299bc78df003c3b246edbd04a583ac162dc7/git-extra/inputrc#L1-L2

I believe the visual bell uses the flash capability from terminfo. For xterm-256color, the value is \E[?5h$<100/>\E[?5l. AFAIK, Windows Terminal does not provide a way to disable the \E[?5h and \E[?5l control sequences. It might be best to set bell-style audible or set bell-style none in ~/.inputrc so that the setting will survive Git for Windows upgrades.

Although the backspace is fixed, I still met the same issue during vi editing in git bash, and the workaround mentioned above is not working

set t_vb=

in .vimrc

That looks to me like they’re using the “visual bell”. Is there anything about bell-style in your ~/.inputrc or /etc/inputrc?

I keep coming back here way too many times 🤣

I don’t have a ~/.inputrc file and this is GIT Bash on windows so no /etc folder either - but I suspect you are correct as it does correlate with when I might normally hear a “bing”.

Although the backspace is fixed, I still met the same issue during vi editing in git bash, and the workaround mentioned above is not working

I just made a copy to my local folder and commented that bell style line as follows

cd go to your home directory cat /etc/inputrc > .inputrc print inputrc content to .inputrc file in your home directory… don’t forget the DOT

Now edit your local file set bell-style visible before # set bell-style visible after

Restart your shell.

So, that’s because we only recently got support for visual bells at all. There’s an escape sequence that inverts the entire screen, and a visual bell is typically implemented by sending it, waiting a bit, and then sending it again.

Git Bash will start doing this inbox in Windows at some point with the next Desktop release, as it is required by standard for us to support it.