Correct git.exe path for TortoiseGit under Git for windows 2.4

I have installed the Git for windows 2.4.1 release candidate (64bit)

It seems that after installation the following has been added to the system path

C:\Program Files\Git\cmd;C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\bin;C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin

But with that setting it seems that TortoiseGit stops working. When I try to do a git operation in TortoiseGit, it cannot find my git username anymore.

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I have version 1.8.14.0 of TortoiseGit, which is the latest.

The TortoiseGit Git.exe Path setting currently points to C:\Program Files\Git\cmd.

In the TortoiseGit documentation it states

There is a known issue in msysGit/Git for Windows: Git for Windows provides two git.exe-files (one in a folder named bin and one in a folder named cmd). Make sure Git.exe Path points to the bin-folder within the Git for Windows installation folder.

In Git 2.4 there is a folder C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin, but that no longer contains the git.exe binary.

The git.exe binary is found in both C:\Program Files\Git\cmd and C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\bin but neither of those settings work for TortoiseGit.

Solution

Check to make sure that your %HOME% variable in Windows is set so that TortoiseGit can find your .gitconfig file.