Vim fugitive plugin does not recognise git archive on Windows

StackOverflow https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9825659

  •  25-05-2021
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Question

I installed vim fugitive via pathogen plugin. Helptags created the tags for fugitive.

In the next step I set up a brand new git repo with git init, jumped into that folder, created a README.

In gVim I then run :Gstatus but the split window that opens is empty. :Gcommit tells me that the command git is spelled wrong.

I installed Git-1.7.9-preview20120201.exe for Windows 7 64Bit from here:

http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/downloads/list

Can anybody bring me on the right track?

Regards

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Solution

It seems gitcommand is not in the PATH environment variable. What happens if you invoke git from Windows command prompt?

msysgit installer provides you 3 options:

  • Use Git Bash only: PATH won't be edited.

  • Run Git from Windows Command Prompt: it will add Git to your PATH.

  • Run Git and included Unix tools from the Windows Command Prompt: Git and several Unix tools will be added to your PATH.

So, you can re-install git with one of the two last options or add manually C:\Program Files\Git\cmd to your PATH.

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