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I'm using Android-Studio 1.5 on Windows 10, with a recently upgraded GitHub Desktop (3.0.11), and now having problems with the integration of GitHub and Android-Studio.

After updating GitHub to the new GitHub Desktop version last week, I'd not had any problems until today. Android-Studio reported that it could not find git.exe where it was previously located (C:\Users\Mxxx\AppData\Local\GitHub\PortableGit_c7e0cbde92ba565cb218a521411d0e854079a28c\bin). Following the posts of many others here, I did various searches - no file by the name of "git.exe" exists on my machine any more. In the previously used folder there is a "rebase.exe".

Using Task Manager, as suggested by ProgramsFast in response to this related question (Where is git.exe located?), I found that GitHub desktop was running GitHub.exe. So, I changed the settings of Android-Studio to point to the respective version of GitHub.exe (C:\Users\Mxxx\AppData\Local\Apps\2.0\0A0P98AA.GDB\CH7VMOKM.2V1\gith..tion_317444273a93ac29_0003.0000_328216539257acd4\GitHub.exe). The connection test failed - as the --version test of git.exe failed (of course). However the EventLog message for Git disappeared. So I started using it.

However, I have found that every time Gradle does a sync, a new GitHub Desktop window opens, even if there was already one open.

Have I got the settings right, and this is a fault of Android-Studio? Or is there something I have done wrong now?

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I have found one way forward - installing Git GUI (2.6.4) for Windows. This has provided a git.exe version that Android-Studio immediately configured into its settings. As the interface is quite different to the Git Hub UI, not sure I like it yet, but Android-Studio does not appear to have any issues integrating with it.

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You can find a git.exe here

C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\GitHub\PortableGit_'numbersandletters'\cmd\git.exe

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With the latest GitHub Desktop, I found git.exe here:

C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.7.2\resources\app\git\cmd\git.exe

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Set your system PATH to point at the Git installation.

Modifying PATH (Windows 10):

  1. On the Windows Desktop, search/right-click My Computer
  2. In the pop-up menu, click Properties
  3. In the System Properties window, click the Advanced tab, then click Environment Variables
  4. In System Variables, highlight Path, and click Edit
  5. In the Edit system variables window, click New

Add the following paths to PATH:

  • C:\Program Files\Git\bin\
  • C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\

Confirm that these paths are correct. You may have Git installed on a different drive, or in Program Files (x86).

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