Do I need Git to use Github in JetBrains IntelliJ

问题:

JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA has 2 plugins: Git and Github. Do I need to install Git from http://git-scm.com on my local windows machine in order to upload my files to GitHub through IntelliJ IDEA?

回答1:

I just came up against the same problem.

If you choose not to do the full PATH (environment variable) integration when install git (on Windows) you'll need to tell IntelliJ where to find git.cmd; you can do this in

Settings > Project Settings > Version Control > VCSs > Git

Example in my case it was portable git looks like this on windows

C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\GitHub\PortableGit_d7effa1a4a322478cd29c826b52a0c118ad3db11\cmd\git.exe

回答2:

Settings > Project Settings > Version Control > git

Path to Git executeable : D:\Program Files (x86)\Git\cmd\git.cmd

回答3:

Yes, it looks like you need to have git installed on your machine. I just tried to clone a project on github, and I got:

Cannot run program "git.exe" (in directory "C:\Users\Steve\Code"): CreateProcess error=2, The system cannot find the file specified

回答4:

You can tell IntelliJ where to find git.exe. This can be done by going into:

Configure->Settings->Version Control->Git->Path to Git Excetuable

Changing the path to something like this:

C:\Users\***YOUR_USER_NAME***\AppData\Local\GitHub\PortableGit_c7e0cbde92ba565cb218a521411d0e854079a28c\cmd\git.exe`

回答5:

On Windows, you have to install Git first. git-for-windows.github.io is OK. Then

Configure->Settings->Version Control->Git-><browse for git.exe>