I'm using IntelliJ on my MacBook and get this message every time I open the app. I already checked the Preferences > Version Control > Git under "Path to Git executable" and set this path to the path that is shown in my terminal for whereis git. Also, testing the path in the IntelliJ settings returns a "Git version is 2.30.1". What else can I do to fix this problem?
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In my case the issue was solved by invalidating cache and restarting IDE. Simply go to Files -> Invalidate Caches -> Invalidate and Restart.
answered Nov 15, 2021 at 7:23
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Michael Osofsky
That worked temporarily for me but next time I restarted my computer I got the error again.
Viktor Ilienko
You can just restart without invalidating - it will help
In my case, the IDE seems only be able to recognize the path of git as /usr/local/bin/git, but git is installed at /usr/bin/git. So I made a softlink between of them.
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/git /usr/local/bin/git
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inconnu
Oh wow thank you, I think this just solved the problem!
vipulkumarmehta
Yes, its working with my Android Studio , in MAC Thanks ...
Chembe Banda
In my case, I changed the Path to Git executable under Preferences > Version Control > Git to /usr/bin/git and it worked. Thanks for giving me an idea as to what the problem was.
Naresh Ravuru
This worked for me (MacOS , IntelliJ). thanks.
Open Preferences > Git > version control > git > Path to Git executables :
set to
/usr/local/bin/git
or
/usr/bin/git
answered Aug 2, 2022 at 10:12
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For people using windows with wsl2, IntelliJ might automatically detect the correct file, but sometimes is not able to access. Restarting wsl and IntelliJ helped for me:
- Restart wsl
- Open cmd as admin
- run "wsl.exe --shutdown"
- run "wsl.exe"
- Restart intelliJ
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Lena
Worked for PyCharm on WSL
All of the methods above are not working for me.
First of all, I Invalidate Caches -> Invalidate and Restart. Secondly, I have to run the git command manually. Then it seems trigger something internally to find git path, I guess. Afterwards it is working.
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Just update/install git with following command:
brew install git
Go to Intellij IDEA (Top left corner) -> Preference -> Version control -> Git -> Enter "/usr/local/bin/git" (generally git is installed in this path to verify it once, you can enter the same in finder) for "Path to git executable"
Boom!! Your Git is back.
Cheers!! :)
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protanvir993
This one does work for me.
In my case, I fixed this issue by going to Preferences > Build, Execution, Deployment > Build Tools > Gradle and update Gradle JDK from 1.8 to 11
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Restarting Pycharm fixed this problem: I did not need to Invalidate Caches or fix the git executable path.
answered Mar 25, 2024 at 16:37
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I faced the same issue when switching my terminal profile from "Basic" to "Homebrew," but everything worked fine after reverting back.
/usr/local/bin/git/usr/local/bin/gitand test it in the settings, it says "Git is not installed No such file"