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SourceTree 1.6.14 cannot find Git 2.4.0 install on Windows

After installing Git 2.4.0 on my Windows 7 system, I tried to change the setting in SourceTree 1.6.14 to "Use System Git" and not the embedded version.

However, by clicking Use Git System, nothing happened and the setting remained set to Use Built-in Git.

How do I force SourceTree to use the installed version of Git?

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This will likely be fixed in a future patch for SourceTree, however until it happens it will be a workaround as follows.

Git versions prior to 2.0, saved git.exe

in a subdirectory called bin

and this is what SourceTree is looking for. Starting with Git> = 2.0, git.exe

moved to a folder named cmd

.

Therefore, the easiest way to get a SourceTree to recognize your Git installation is to create a symbolic link for the folder using the mklink

following:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\>mklink /D bin cmd


Edit: Although the above Git fixes for normal graphical operations (commit / push, etc.) it does not commit the Terminal button as this command is trying to execute sh.exe

with the following command and does not work as it sh.exe

also has been moved to Git 2.4.

"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c "C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin\sh.exe" --login -i

Edit 2 . Further reading - This was caused by a Git issue for supporting Windows here .

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