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alexandrul
alexandrul

Reputation: 13336

TortoiseGit - git not found

I'm using TortoiseGit with msysGit installed with the msysGit-fullinstall-1.6.4-preview20090729.exe and it works in a very strange way:

The first three points are not present if I install msysGit with the Git-1.6.4-preview20090730.exe, even if the path is set the same in both cases (....\msysGit\cmd)

What can I do to make TortoiseGit recognise git installation from the msysGit-fullinstall-1.6.4-preview20090729.exe?

Environment:

EDIT:

I don't want to put msysGit\bin in path, just msysGit\cmd.

If I simply replace the files from msysGit-fullinstall-1.6.4-preview20090729.exe with the files from an Git-1.6.4-preview20090730.exe installation, then TortoiseGit seems to recognize the git version and allows me to edit the Git\Config section in the settings. This is at least strange, given that the rest of the environment is not modified at all.

As soon as I restore the msysGit-fullinstall-1.6.4-preview20090729.exe files, TortoiseGit cease to function properly.

Upvotes: 36

Views: 54769

Answers (6)

MrTux
MrTux

Reputation: 34042

Answer for recent versions of TortoiseGit (>= 1.8.16 and >= 2.0)

As mentioned on the FAQ TortoiseGit requires a command line git.exe. There are several alternatives available, however, Git for Windows is recommended which should work out of the box.

The recommended order is to install TortoiseGit first. TortoiseGit will then (hopefully automatically) detect the installed git.exe by checking for Git for Windows installations, looking on the %PATH% or manual configuration (TortoiseGit settings).

Upvotes: 1

Andrei
Andrei

Reputation: 529

While this question is still hot... some nice people contributed lots of bugfixes to all three projects, so this is what I did to get TortoiseGit on Win7x64, previously failing on all combinations:

  1. install mSysGit (network installer) into C:\msysgit, it will download the source and compile it leaving you in a bash git prompt. Stable version: msysGit-netinstall-1.7.2.3-preview20100911.exe 13 sep
  2. install Git “preview” into C:\Program Files (x86)\Git, choose OpenSSH for ssh link Stable version: Git-1.7.2.3-preview20100911.exe 13 sep
  3. install tortoisegit into C:\Program Files\TortoiseGit, (x64 version) and configure it’s settings specifying the git path (C:\msysgit\bin) and menu integration. Stable version: TortoiseGit-1.5.6.0-64bit.msi 25 sep

This setup picked up my existing git repos made on WinXP x86 with older versions of the packages, and seems fairly stable and fully functional.

Upvotes: 27

guesser
guesser

Reputation: 682

Well, since my post, I actually got TortoiseGit working on one of my two systems. Adding the msysgit\mingw\bin directory to the path (so that git.exe could find libcurl-4.dll and thus not cause everything to silently fail) was the final key. I was able to do it using the default TortoisePlink.exe and didn't have to set GIT_SSH or anything like that. I could say it was easy (in retrospect, it's easy enough..) but in truth it took about two coding sessions that I would have preferred to spend more productively.

Upvotes: 2

guesser
guesser

Reputation: 682

I've had nothing but problems with TortoiseGit.

However, discovering the following enabled me to give up sooner:

In your Path (in Control Panel->System->Advanced Settings->Environment Settings), add a path that contains git.exe (msysgit\bin or msysgit\git? TortoiseGit's instructions sure the hell don't tell me, so how should I know). Then open a command prompt and try running git.exe. It'll probably complain that it can't find libcurl-4.dll. So, you'll find that this dll file exists in msysgit\mingw\bin. Add this directory to your Path (or copy the dll if you prefer).

Now, the setup in TortoiseGit will finally appear to work. Clicking the "Check Now" button will actually tell you the version of git you're using instead of mysteriously going blank or popping up a useless error window.

When you try using TortoiseGit now, you'll get a blank progress bar that does nothing and you can't close it. Congratulations! Now you can give up and delete this garbage until someone cares enough to prepare it for human consumption. (can you tell I'm fed up with this software?)

Upvotes: 9

alexandrul
alexandrul

Reputation: 13336

It seems that bash prompt from msysGit-fullinstall-1.6.4-preview20090729.exe also adds msysGit\mingw\bin to path, so in order to use TortoiseGit and/or Git Extensions I have copied all the files from msysGit\mingw\bin to msysGit\bin and set the location to git.exe in both tools.

Upvotes: 1

Ibrahim
Ibrahim

Reputation: 1913

This might be obvious, but it's not clear from your post. Do you have msysgit\bin in your system path?

Also, this isn't quite answering your question, but I've found that TortoiseGit lacks polish. I prefer using Git Extensions.

Upvotes: 2

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