I'm trying to use git on powershell, but having trouble. I was following Miguel Grinberg pycon workshop, and he clones with git clone " " I know I can download git, and can be done with git bash. but I want to do the command on windows powershell. Can it be done outside of gitbash?
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… have you just tried it outside of Git Bash after installing Git?poke– poke2015-08-31 09:04:15 +00:00Commented Aug 31, 2015 at 9:04
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If you downloaded git from https://git-scm.com/download/win, then you could choose whether to modify PATH when you installed it:
If you chose "Use Git from Git Bash only", you will not be able to use it in the powershell, unless you add X:\path-to-git-installation\cmd to your PATH manually.
Otherwise, you should have no trouble using git in powershell.
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If you download and install the git client for Windows, it will work in powershell.
https://git-scm.com/download/win
For example:
PS C:\Users\joeyoung> git --version
git version 1.9.5.msysgit.1
PS C:\Users\joeyoung> git clone https://github.com/miguelgrinberg/flask-pycon2015.git
Cloning into 'flask-pycon2015'...
remote: Counting objects: 70, done.
remote: Total 70 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 70
Unpacking objects: 100% (70/70), done.
Checking connectivity... done.
PS C:\Users\joeyoung> dir .\flask-pycon2015
Directory: C:\Users\joeyoung\flask-pycon2015
Mode LastWriteTime Length Name
---- ------------- ------ ----
d---- 31/08/2015 10:56 templates
-a--- 31/08/2015 10:56 675 .gitignore
-a--- 31/08/2015 10:56 3735 app.py
-a--- 31/08/2015 10:56 3629 guess.py
-a--- 31/08/2015 10:56 1083 LICENSE
-a--- 31/08/2015 10:56 99 README.md
-a--- 31/08/2015 10:56 112 requirements.txt
PS C:\Users\joeyoung>
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As I only need Git.exe, I extract Portable Git to a folder and add the following to my Powershell profile...
# Use the locally installed Git, if available.
$gitExecutable = Get-Command git.exe -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Source
if ($gitExecutable -eq $null) {
$gitExecutable = "$env:USERPROFILE\bin\PortableGit\bin\git.exe"
}
function Invoke-Git {
<#
.Synopsis
Wrapper function that deals with Powershell's peculiar error output when Git uses the error stream.
.Example
Invoke-Git ThrowError
$LASTEXITCODE
#>
[CmdletBinding()]
param(
[parameter(ValueFromRemainingArguments=$true)]
[string[]]$Arguments
)
& {
[CmdletBinding()]
param(
[parameter(ValueFromRemainingArguments=$true)]
[string[]]$InnerArgs
)
&$gitExecutable $InnerArgs
} -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -ErrorVariable fail @Arguments
if ($fail) {
$fail.Exception
}
}
Set-Alias -Name git -Value Invoke-Git
Set-Alias -Name git.exe -Value Invoke-Git
