[windows][documentation] Failed to clone http://github.com/foo/bar.git, git was not found, check that it is installed and in your PATH env

[c33s]

this should be documented here somewhere, composer acts the same way:

https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/55689/on-windows-git-version-is-1-7-10-but-stash-says-git-not-found-in-path-please-install-1-7-6-or-higher

When you install msysgit, you are asked in one of the dialogs how your PATH should be modified.

Use Git Bash Only
Run Git from the Windows Command Prompt
Run Git and included Unix tools from the Windows Command Prompt

If you select option 2. (which I guess most users will pick, as option 3. has a scary warning), the "<...>\Git\cmd" directory will be added to the PATH.
If you pick option 3. the "<...>\Git\bin" directory will also be added.

Now if you run "git --version" from the commadline, it will run "<...>\Git\cmd\git.cmd", which will call "git.exe --version".
Stash however tries to run "git.exe --version".
If you've installed msysgit with option 3. you're fine, as "<...>\Git\bin\git.exe" is in your path.
Did you select option 2. you're out of luck as that directory was not added to your path.

The solution is to either run the msysgit installer again and select option 3. to have your PATH properly set, or edit your PATH manually.

[stof]

I installed msysgit with the option 2 and it works well for me.

[c33s]

yes the 2nd option works fine, but if you install it first with option 2 and then with option 3 you have both path in your environment and you get this error

[johmue]

Same problem here - "git was not found .. check .. your PATH env.".

Changing the PATH env (mentioned above) did not work for me. The problem seems to be in the GitDownloader.php in line 223 where it checks if git is available on the system.

A manual test (mentioned in issue #613 ) with php was successfull.

[Seldaek]

@johmue it only throws this exception if the git download failed and git --version fails too. The latter should always work if git is in your path. Can you try with the latest version of composer (run self-update) to be sure?

[johmue]

Still no git found even though it's in the path and can be used within the plain command window but I'm not sure if it's related to composer or if it is a local problem (e.g. spaces in the path). I'll try to track it down to a single line or command in the next days.

[bigwhoop]

Updating msysgit from Git-1.7.11-preview20120704 to Git-1.7.11-preview20120710 fixed it for me.

[Seldaek]

The issue with --enable-sigchild is fixed, hopefully this fixes it for everyone.

[thomasthiry]

Had the exact same problem. I did the exact same upgrade as bigwhoop on msysgit and it worked.