x11 forwarding in Windows using git-bash and Xming

This tutorial explains how you can get x11 forwarding working for Windows and git-bash (Not putty). Putty has another way of doing this.

1. Install Xming: http://sourceforge.net/projects/xming/
2. Run Xming from the programs.
3. Open GitBash from the Start Menu.
4. Export display environment on the bash command.
   export DISPLAY=localhost:0
5. ssh to the target machine with x11 forwarding enabled
   ssh -XY me@myhost
6. Try your x11 forwarding e.g. nautilus on the target machine.

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