Where is git.exe located?

If you’re using GitHub for Windows, git.exe may not be in your PATH, but you may find it in a location like: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\GitHub\PortableGit_<numbersandletters>\bin\git.exe That’s the situation for me, in Windows 7 + version 1.0 of GitHub for Windows. In Windows 10 it appears to be in: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\GitHub\PortableGit_<numbersandletters>\cmd\git.exe ( \cmd versus \bin) From GitHub Desktop 1.1 The UI is different … Read more

Git: Installing Git in PATH with GitHub client for Windows

GitHub for Windows does indeed install its own version of Git, but it doesn’t add it to the PATH variable, which is easy enough to do. Here’s instructions on how to do it: Get the Git URLWe need to get the url of the Git \cmd directory your computer. Git is located here:C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\GitHub\PortableGit_<guid>\cmd\git.exe So on your computer, replace <user> with your … Read more