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Reputation: 10073

git on command line using github git

I have github git 2.14.1 installed on Windows 10 from this URL: https://git-scm.com/download/win

How do I get access to the git command such that I can invoke it from the cmd or powershell commandline?

What I really want to do is invoke it from Python using subprocess.Popen('somepath/git log --follow' ...), but I figure if I can run it from the commandline then I can do that in Python.

Previously I was able to follow these instructions on my windows 7 machine with an older version of git: Where is git.exe located?

In short, I am looking here: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\GitHub\PortableGit_<numbersandletters>\cmd\git.exe and the git.exe file does not exist.

So I think either something changed in github install or on Windows 10.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 64

Answers (1)

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nos

Reputation: 229344

With the default setup, git should just be in your PATH, so you can just open a cmd.exe window(or find git bash on your start menu for a better experience) and run git without using any full path to git.exe file. From python you can then just run subprocess.Popen('git log ... '

If you do need the full path, Git for Windows installs git.exe by default at C:\Program Files\Git\bin

Upvotes: 1

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