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.
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
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.
quoted
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