git-receive-pack: command not found in Windows

Question

Hi Guys,

Wondering how to fix this problem in Windows ?

When i try and use the command "git push origin master" I get

git-receive-pack: command not found

Any idea how I can fix this in windows ?

The path to GIT is in c:/program files/Git/Bin/ but unsure how to set this ?

Thx

Edit: doing

git--exec-path
c:\Program Files\Git/libexec/git-core

Now how to setup this somewhere?

Answer 1

From Git FAQ:

Basically the problem is that 'git-receive-pack' is not in the default $PATH on the remote end.

You can see the problem using a DOS window:

set PATH

(display the path)

type

set PATH=%PATH%;"c:/program files/Git/Bin"
git push origin master

If that solves the problem, you will be better off adding that path in your user environment variables (see this superuser question for instance)

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Or a bash Git shell:

$ export PATH=$PATH:"/c/Program Files/Git/bin"
$ git push origin master

Check also your .bashrc in your $HOME path ('echo $HOME' within a bash session; add the export line in it, or simply '~/.bashrc')

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Note: a classic msysgit installation should have taken care of those path.