I'm trying to extend my $PATH variable in git bash (MinGW shell) by adding the following to the file ~/.bashrc

```
PATH=$PATH':/c/Program Files/maven/apache-maven-3.2.5/bin'

```

After I did this and restarted the bash it seems like that the $PATH variable was extended like expected:

```
$ echo $PATH
MANY_OTHER_PATHS:/c/Program Files/maven/apache-maven-3.2.5/bin

```

But I still cannot execute the programms in the given directory:

```
$ mvn
bash: mvn: command not found

```

What went wrong here? How do I extend the PATH variable correctly?