Git Bash in VSCode Cannot Find conda in One Project – "No such file or directory" (cygdrive)

Issue Summary:

I'm on Windows using Git Bash in VSCode. When I open a Git Bash terminal in one specific project and try to run conda, I get the following error:

bash: /cygdrive/c/Users/tssom/anaconda3/Scripts/conda.exe: No such file or directory

Running which conda returns the correct (expected) path. However, oddly enough, if I type CONDA (in all caps), it works.

$ which python
/c/Users/tssom/anaconda3/python

In another Git repo located in the same parent directory, conda works fine using Git Bash. I am opening a new VSCode instance as that project as the directory.

I’ve also noticed that $PATH differs between these two project terminals, even though there’s nothing in either project (e.g. .bashrc, .bash_profile, .env, .vscode/settings.json) that should affect the terminal environment.

Additionally, if I use Command Prompt instead of Git Bash, conda works fine in both projects.

What I’ve Tried / Observed:

• Confirmed which conda points to the correct path in both projects.
• Confirmed conda works when all caps (CONDA) in the failing project.
• No startup script located in the base directory of either project
• Other project in same parent folder works as expected.
• Works in regular Command Prompt. (But this is not bash)
• I have tried a full uninstall and reinstall of VSCode, Anaconda, and GitBash
• cygdrive does not exist. I am not sure why one project expects it to be there while the other does not.

Unclear Root Cause:

• Git Bash behavior?
• VSCode terminal integration?
• Anaconda environment issue?
• Windows path casing/resolution?

Any help would be appreciated. This is driving me mad.