git.exe: error while loading shared libraries: ?:

Question

I am working on project using git as a VCS. Development env is on winddows and project contains some long paths so I am forced to use cygwin with git.

I have installed cygwin with git, created ssh key, uploaded key to server and that all works fine from console.

But when I try to fetch, push, pull from IntelliJ I am receiving following error:

D:/cygwin/usr/libexec/git-core/git.exe: error while loading shared libraries: ?: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
fatal: unpack-objects failed

I have installed gettext and Devel\gettext , libsasl2 and ca-certificates packages for cygwin according to some recomendation I have found but this didn't solve the problem.

Here is my IntelliJ git configuration

What I have to do to be able use git from cygwin within IntelliJ?

Answer 1

Add both C:\cygwin\bin AND c:\cygwin to the PATH.

Then restart IntelliJ Idea.

Answer 2

I had the exact same problem. Also tried the gettext & sasl hints; didn't work.

The solution was very simple in the end: add your cygwin bin directory to the PATH.

(This surfaced when setting bash as Terminal in IntelliJ - it wouldn't even start grep.)

Answer 3

For windows users, you can do this by adding the cygwin path to Environmental Variables, as show in the screenshot below:

UPDATE

Just make sure, when you add cygwin to your path, you add it on 'Edit environment variables for your account' as shown below and under 'User variables' rather than under 'Edite system environment variables' - this won't work otherwise.