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Command 'git.clone' not found

I've setup a Windows 10 machine with VSCode and needed to clone a repo so I installed the tooling (Git, NuGet, posh-git and the Environment Variable) using Powershell:

iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))
choco install git -y

#devlog('Install NuGet, Git, SSH Keys directory and set region')
$newPath = "$($env:PATH)C:\Program Files\Git\bin;"
[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable( 'PATH', $newPath, "Machine")
$env:PATH = $newPath
Install-PackageProvider -Name NuGet -MinimumVersion 2.8.5.201 -Force
install-module posh-git -force

Now in VSCode when I try a Git Clone I get an error:

Command 'git.clone' not found

I have git installed as per the Powershell code. I have typed git clone with the space not the dot and same problem.

Also I should note this code worked perfectly about a month ago, so what could the problem be?

Solution

  • It looks like the Git install has changed slightly. In the above code I set the Environment variable for the Git\Bin folder:

     Directory of C:\Program Files\Git\bin

10/16/2019  10:34 PM    <DIR>          .
10/16/2019  10:34 PM    <DIR>          ..
08/17/2019  09:27 AM            43,616 bash.exe
08/17/2019  09:27 AM            43,096 git.exe
08/17/2019  09:27 AM            43,616 sh.exe

    That's not where VSCode likes to find the exe. Adding a Environment Variable to C:\Program Files\Git\cmd and not C:\Program Files\Git\bin resolves the problem:

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    Directory of C:\Program Files\Git\cmd

10/16/2019  10:34 PM    <DIR>          .
10/16/2019  10:34 PM    <DIR>          ..
08/17/2019  09:27 AM           151,136 git-gui.exe
08/17/2019  09:27 AM            43,096 git-lfs.exe
08/17/2019  09:27 AM            43,096 git.exe
08/17/2019  09:27 AM           151,128 gitk.exe
08/17/2019  09:27 AM             3,022 start-ssh-agent.cmd
08/17/2019  09:27 AM             2,723 start-ssh-pageant.cmd