git 2.0 dependency, on Windows?

[leeand00]

I know I should have Juypter 3+ and git 2.0, but what installer should I use to get support for git on Windows 10?

I have just installed git version 2.33.0.windows.2, but when I restart jupyterlab with the jupyterlab-git extension.

[fcollonval]

Hey @leeand00, could you try to run a git command on the Windows Command Line?

For that you have to:

1. Press shortcut Win + R
2. Type cmd and press Enter
3. Type in the opened command window, git --version

If you get an error not found, this means Windows cannot figure out where git is installed. You will need to add the path to git to your %PATH% environment variable; see that thread

[leeand00]

I'm sure it's not in my %PATH%; but since it installs with git bash, I didn't think it was possible to do that, I figured it ran in bash and not cmd.exe; I guess I just have to search for git.exe?

[fcollonval]

Indeed you need to search for git.exe. The stackoverflow discussion I linked in the previous post mentioned some paths.

The reason is that the extension runs the git commands as subprocesses. So git executable must be in your %PATH%.

[leeand00]

Okay I ended up downloading Git-2.33.0.2-64-bit.exe from the git scm website and adding C:\Program Files\Git\bin\ to my %path%; now it works, thank you.