Cannot find command 'git' - windows

Question

I am trying to install mongodb_engine with my python django application, however I am getting this error

 Cannot find command 'git'

I am trying this command from mongodb documentation. http://django-mongodb-engine.readthedocs.org/en/latest/topics/setup.html

pip install git+https://github.com/django-nonrel/django@nonrel-1.5

I believe git here is causing the problem since the project is stored in git repo. Is there a way to install git to run this pip command? I tried multiple sources but wasn't able to get it to work.

Answer 1

Add the path of git.exe to your windows environment variable called 'path'. My git.exe is in the path of 'C:\Users\LW\AppData\Local\GitHub\PortableGit_c2ba306e536fdf878271f7fe636a147ff37326ad\bin\git.exe'. Your can find your exe file in the similar folder path.

Answer 2

If your using Anacoda, then you can try this

conda install git

Answer 3

Install git at first in windows. Then add its installation bin path to your windows's environment path. Then you will find the git command at the command prompt globally. This may solve you problem.