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Matheus
Matheus

Reputation: 225

cannot spawn C:\ProgramFiles(x86)\Git\cmd\: No such file or directory.

I have a problem when I'm trying to clone with git on cygwin. My GIT_SSH is

 "C:\ProgramFiles(x86)\Git\bin\".

When I try to clone, here is the result:

$ git clone ssh://*****/home/local/git/prestashop myDirectory
Cloning into 'myDirectory'...
error: cannot spawn C:\ProgramFiles(x86)\Git\cmd\: No such file or directory
fatal: unable to fork

I've seen many question related to that problem but I can't find answers to solve this problem. All ideas welcome ! Thanks !

Upvotes: 14

Views: 17296

Answers (2)

Julio Nobre
Julio Nobre

Reputation: 4405

In my case, since I was using Git Extensions (3.3.1), I had adjust my SSH Client path.

Todo so, I went to Menu Tools > Settings > Git Extensions (category on left side) > SSH and adjusted my SSH Client path to C:\Program Files\git\usr\bin\SSH.EXE

Update 1

Facing this issue once again, after switching to Putty, because Pageant allows me to set my private once a day without exposing outside, where I've forgot set Putty as my ssh client, by going to Tools > Settings > Git Extensions (category on left side) > SSH > And setting Putty as my ssh client

Upvotes: 9

VonC
VonC

Reputation: 1329472

Following Git with SSH on Windows, you see that GIT_SSH should reference the ssh executable, not just its path:

(old msysgit)
set GIT_SSH=C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin\ssh.exe

(new 2015 git for Windows)
set GIT_SSH=C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\ssh.exe

Upvotes: 21

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