Re: getting git.exe for Android Studio on Windows

From: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Date: Jun 2, 2021, 10:44 UTC
Message-ID: <YLdhGa8eWs9uyh4A@camp.crustytoothpaste.net>
In-Reply-To: <ba109d68-9953-569f-56a7-a2f557bf971f@eqnet.hu>

On 2021-06-02 at 05:53:55, Somogyi Henrik wrote:

> Hello Brian,

Hi,

Please keep the list in CC so that everyone can see the discussion. I'm not that familiar with Windows and may be offline for a few days soon, so if you CC the list you may find someone who is better able to answer your questions.

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> I have installed "Git for Windows v2.31.1".
> 
> I only need the git.exe so that Android Studio can use it for dowloading a
> sample Android app from GitHub.
> 
> But now I got 4 git.exe programs:
> 
> F:\programs\Git
> 	\bin\git.exe
> 	\cmd\git.exe
> 	\mingw64\bin\git.exe
> 	\mingw64\libexec\git-core\git.exe
> 
> Which should I specify in Android Studio as the needed git.exe?

I believe you can go to a command prompt and type "where git" and that should print the proper location. If you've installed the portable version, I believe the one in the top-level bin directory is correct.

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brian m. carlson (he/him or they/them)
Houston, Texas, US