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
