Android Studio: Can't start Git

When I start Android Studio there's a message

> Can't start Git: C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\cmd\git.cmd Probably the > path to Git executable is not valid. Fix it.

But I can see that the git.cmd IS there. How do I fix the issue then?

For some reason this morning, I had to agree to the terms and conditions by running git as administrator in the command line.

On the mac

sudo /usr/bin/git

On the pc

c:\path\to\git.exe

Accept the EULA.

After I did that, I was able to use git in my IDE.

For the one using mac who installed Xcode7, you have to start Xcode and accept the license agreement for the android studio error to go away.

Check that C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\cmd is in you Path environment variable:

echo $env:Path

I had the same problem, this is how I fixed it:

I use windows...

Go to

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\GitHub\PortableGit_c2ba306e536fdf878271f7fe636a147ff37326ad\bin

So in my Account I had this

C:\Users\victor\AppData\Local\GitHub\PortableGit_c2ba306e536fdf878271f7fe636a147ff37326ad\bin

Make sure you find the git.exe

Then go to the VCS window(Settings --> Version Control---> Git), and paste the PATH and append git.exe at the end

So you shall have this

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\GitHub\PortableGit_c2ba306e536fdf878271f7fe636a147ff37326ad\bin\git.exe 

Then click test to verify if git is working well.

In my case, with GitHub Desktop for Windows (as of June 2, 2016) & Android Studio 2.1:

This folder ->

C:\Users\(UserName)\AppData\Local\GitHub\PortableGit_<hash>\

Contained a BATCH file called something like 'post-install.bat'. Run this file to create a folder 'cmd' with 'git.exe' inside.

This path-->

C:\Users\(UserName)\AppData\Local\GitHub\PortableGit_<hash>\cmd\git.exe

would be the location of 'git.exe' after running the post-install script.

Try this...

1. Make sure, have you installed git on your machine. If not you can download(Windows user) from here and install it your system. For Mac user can download from here

2. Get location of git.exe

3. Test git.exe manually

4. Now you can set your git.exe location in android studio.

Had to restart Android Studio after installing GIT for Windows.

If you are using Mac OS and have updated XCode you probably need to open XCode and accept the terms to avoid this error.

Use bin folder and exe instead. Path will be C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin\git.exe

Also sometimes it doesn't work if there are blank spaces in path name as in your program files directory name.

In that case, copy the whole git folder to root of partition and then link studio to it

First make sure you have installed git scm or not. If not, here's the link for windows: https://git-for-windows.github.io/ Then go to Android studio and configure the link of Git to the place where you installed your git(probably in C:/program files) I referred to a YouTube video to solve my issue. You can refer it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faEd2syXypE

I showed my hide directories in windows 7 and find git.exe in C:\Users\(UserName)\AppData\Local\GitHub\PortableGit_c2ba306e536fdf878271f7fe636a147ff37326ad\bin\ and it works but I don't know why git.exe is there. I installed git version 1.9.5

In Android Studio, goto File->Settings->Version Control->Git. Set the 'Path to Git Executable' to point to git.exe. Verify by clicking Test.

In Windows, my git was located at

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Programs\Git\bin\git.exe

To fix this, I did a reinstall of xcode (This also presented user agreement). I used the following command:

xcode-select --install

The path for your git is invalid. Copy the path from File -> Settings -> Version Control -> Git and search that folder and you can see the path to your Git is not valid. Reset the path with correct location and test it. The error should be gone.

Run sudo git --version from command line and agree to the license and this should fix the issue.

I faced a similar issue, you can refer to my answer here.

But since links die too often, I'm going to leave a little part of the answer that might help:

> For people still having this error even if their git is installed > and android studio is pointing to its path, go to Settings -> > Version Control -> Git and delete everything inside the text box > with the label Path to Git executable, your android studio or what > ever JetBrains product you're using, will auto-detect it.