From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
To: "brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Cc: Somogyi Henrik <Somogyi.Henrik@eqnet.hu>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: getting git.exe for Android Studio on Windows
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2021 00:16:29 +0200 (CEST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.2106030012000.55@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YLdhGa8eWs9uyh4A@camp.crustytoothpaste.net>
Hi,
On Wed, 2 Jun 2021, brian m. carlson wrote:
> On 2021-06-02 at 05:53:55, Somogyi Henrik wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> > 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.
The one that is guaranteed to work is the one added to the `PATH` when you
choose to add Git to the `PATH` via the Git for Windows installer, which
currently would be `C:\Program Files\cmd\git.exe`.
For backwards-compatibility, I reintroduced `C:\Program
Files\bin\git.exe`.
Do note that both of those are simply redirectors. The actual binaries are
in `\mingw64\bin\` (and the keen eye will not have missed that
`libexec\git-core` contains a mere hardlinked version of the `bin` one),
but there are too many binaries there, therefore it is not recommended to
add those to the `PATH`.
If in doubt, stick with what the Git for Windows installer recommends. I
do put in an effort trying to choose sensible defaults that work for the
vast majority of users.
Ciao,
Johannes
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-05-20 5:22 getting git.exe for Android Studio on Windows Somogyi Henrik
2021-05-21 1:12 ` brian m. carlson
[not found] ` <80336a2e-fb75-5fc1-1516-f1d1d96ff529@eqnet.hu>
[not found] ` <ba109d68-9953-569f-56a7-a2f557bf971f@eqnet.hu>
2021-06-02 10:44 ` brian m. carlson
2021-06-02 22:16 ` Johannes Schindelin [this message]
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