Do I need Git to use Github in JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA?

Solution 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

Solution 2:

Settings > Project Settings > Version Control > git

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

Solution 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