Msys Git Install Path Error on Get Clone in TortoiseGIT

Question

I installed Msys Git and TortoiseGIT x64. Whenever I try to use the Get Clone command I am getting the error: "Msys Git Install Path Error".

The wierd thing is that I when I set it all up, it worked once and then stopped. Now I have uninstalled and reinstalled both programs multiple times and I can not get it to work again.

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score 17 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 19 '10 at 18:25

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you must install msysGit - http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/downloads/list

answered Mar 19 '10 at 18:25

Gashek

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anyone else having this problem should start with this! can't believe i missed something so obvious! duh :) – Paul Carroll Jul 04 '11 at 23:54
Did TortoiseGit previously install Git at the same time? It could just be I've always had Git installed prior to installing TortoiseGit, but this just caught me out too for the first time ever. – misteraidan Mar 13 '13 at 01:14

score 10 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 06 '09 at 03:15

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Try setting your path to:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin"

answered Sep 06 '09 at 03:15

brianreavis

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Not a problem! I just installed the exact same setup a few days ago, so it was fresh in my mind. TortoiseGit can be a tad sketchy at times. – brianreavis Sep 06 '09 at 03:18
**DOESN'T WORK** - I still get the same message. – sorin Mar 04 '10 at 14:29
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It can be a different path, mine was "C:\msysgit\bin". You must find the path where you installed msysgit. – Artur Carvalho Feb 14 '11 at 19:04

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:09

Update 2016: msysgit has long been obsoleted (since early 2015).
It has been superseded by Git For Windows (see its releases).

It comes with a much more recent bash, based on the 64bits msys2 project, an independent rewrite of MSYS, based on modern Cygwin (POSIX compatibility layer) and MinGW-w64: see more at "How are msys, msys2, and msysgit related to each other?"

TortoiseGit documentation does mention, for the Git.exe Path setting:

As a general note: There is no official support for Cygwin or Msys2 git in TortoiseGit. The TortoiseGit developers only use Git for Windows.

So simply install Git for Windows and you won't have any "Msys Git Install Path Error".

Msys Git Install Path Error on Get Clone in TortoiseGIT

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