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I have noticed that on Version Control window, in tabs Log and Local changes there is no information. Only following error appears:

Error updating changes: Cannot identify version of git executable C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\git.exe

When I have clicked Test in Settings > Version Control > Git, entered above path in Path to Git executable following window appeared: Link

After typing in CMD command git --version I get output: 

git version 2.17.0.windows.1

What is more after writing some code Intellij is not highlighting changes.

I don't have any idea why it is not working... Any ideas?

Witt
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    Possible duplicate of [How do you make Git work with IntelliJ?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7671305/how-do-you-make-git-work-with-intellij) – Makoto Jan 14 '19 at 16:51
  • Yeah, thank you. After implementing solutions from link you provided issue still exists. But I am almost sure that cause of this error comes from my VDI machine. – Witt Jan 14 '19 at 17:02
  • This started to fail in my windows 10 box today (16/01/2020) `C:\>git.exe --version error reading exit code: The handle is invalid.` – nephewtom Jan 16 '20 at 21:50

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I am able to resolve the issue.

My GIT installation directory: C:\installations\Git\

WHAT WORKED

If I point the Git executable path to (C:\installations\Git\mingw64\bin\git.exe) it worked.

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WHAT DIDN'T WORKED

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Vinayak Dornala
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What worked for me in Mac osx

~ ⌚ 8:00:57
$ which git   
/Users/shashwat/.aw/pex_resources/scripts/binaries/git

Ans setting the path in Intellij enter image description here

druk
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For me, only invalidating caches and restarting intellij worked. :)

Pratyaksh Sharma
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  • Worked for me; thanks! I hadn't made any config changes...my Mac had just forcibly restarted and when it came back up IntelliJ decided I didn't have git installed anymore, even though I was successfully using git from the cmd line. – moraleboost May 24 '21 at 17:57
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For some reason, IntelliJ cannot get any output from the command line client. Something similar is reported - https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-82445

It might be caused by antivirus software or UAC.

Dmitrii Smirnov
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  1. go to the terminal and type git --exec-path to get your git path.
  2. then go to IntelliJ and configure it, Click browse and select your git path.
  3. select git and hit test.

Note: on Mac Os, use / in finder to navigate easier.

Rstar37
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i got the same problem, and the config is right,

git works just when i cut down the internet, it got from the IT part in my company.

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