Git unable to start process

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krautersuppe
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Git unable to start process

Post by krautersuppe » July 13th, 2018, 6:51 pm

I am running VS2017 and GitHub Extension 2.1.1.4
I got an error when trying to clone repository like shown in beginner tutorial 15. Output window showed unable to start process.
I solved the issue with advice J Wyman posted on this page:
"[..] Multiple users have confirmed that copying the binaries from the "<VS_INSTALL>\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\TeamFoundation\Team Explorer\Git\mingw32\bin\" folder to the "<VS_INSTALL>\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\TeamFoundation\Team Explorer\Git\mingw32\libexec\git-core\" folder completely resolved the issue for them.".
I skipped copying binaries that had the same name and it worked.
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Re: Git unable to start process

Post by albinopapa » July 13th, 2018, 7:52 pm

Thanks for the share, hope it helps others.

Haven't had any issues with Git in VS in quite some time. I usually install a third party Git solution just in case VS wants to f*ck me over. My go to application is TortoiseGit. It integrates with Windows Explorer quite nicely and the right-click context menu, so you don't even have to open up a separate window/application.
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