How to solve "Unable to find git in your PATH" on Flutter?

Question

I've just tried to install Flutter on Linux and when I try to run a flutter command (flutter doctor), I'm getting

Error: Unable to find git in your PATH.

How can I solve this?

Macfadyn

please create an answer for that and accept don't just write solved and thanks – Colton

Thanks, someone already did it. Will do so next time. – Macfadyn

@NikolayShindarov accept the answer if its correct – Bankhead

I deleted the .gradle file and it worked well. Actually, it reduces the indexing time also. – Symer

For Windows, I've realised it's something to do with Admin account vs. regular. Running flutter doctor -v in Admin mode works, in regular mode does not. – Photoperiod

Answer 1

Install it using following command.

sudo apt-get install git

Bankhead

it doesn't work in windows! Says, sudo is not recognized as an internal or external command! – Goodsized

Answer 2

Here is my solution for Windows 11 64bit, flutter 3.7.3, installed via chocolatey. It has simply to do with enforced git security settings which can detect dubious ownship for the flutter repository. Just add the flutter base directory to the git directory exception list:

git config --global --add safe.directory C:/tools/flutter-base-dir

or change the ownership of the flutter base directory with fix unsafe git repository

Vookles

This fixes my problem. Been reinstalling git 5 times not including yesterday attempts. Geez! – Charlottetown

Didnt work. I already installed git. – Endaendall

This didn't work for me in Windows sadly. The only think I have worked out is that it work if you are in terminal/powershell in Admin mode, but not as a regular user. – Photoperiod

Thank you! Please know your solution saved my sanity 3 years after you posted it. – Click

flutter really should clarify their error message for this one. I would never have guessed this was the issue looking at the error message – Aryn

For people trying this on Windows make sure you use forward slashes in the path, backslashes do not work. And if you're using FVM don't use the symbolic link, use the actual physical path. Took me an hour to figure that out. – Piatt

there is no flutter base directory in my case only tools/dart-sdk – Goldstone

worked for me. Pay attention to slashes, don't do \ but /. I installed via chocolatey and did git config --global --add safe.directory C:/tools/flutter – Eyewitness

Thanks, this worked for me, I'm using Windows 11. – Reeder

Just moved my 'flutter' folder from C to a less secure sensitive folder like Documents. unfortunately none of the listed solution worked for me... – Culliton

Answer 3

If solutions listed do not work for you, try this one

git config --global --add safe.directory '*'

This is the only solution which works for me github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/123995

Devout

Probably not a good idea to use '*' here - you're bypassing a security measure which is there for a reason. You should only need to add the directory where Flutter is located. If that doesn't work note that on Windows you MUST use forward slashes in the path, not backslashes. Also, if you're using FVM, use the real path, not the FVM symbolic link. (eg git config --global --add safe.directory 'C:/Users/james/fvm/versions/3.10.6') – Piatt

Answer 4

Add

C:\Program Files\Git\bin\git.exe;C:\Program Files\Git\cmd;C:\Windows\System32 

to your PATH variable

Do not create new variable for git but add them as I did one after another separating them by ;

Prewar

This solution can work only for Windows, it must be said (the question is about Linux) – Carmelo

What does teh semicolon do? – Stadiometer

In user variable section or system variable section? – Lyricist

I have been trying for days to get it solved, tried so many things. And today after two days when I tried to fix my issue, this solution just made it running fine. – Roybal

You need a way to separate the entries. Each operating system can use whatever character, but the two most popular are semi-colon (on Windows) and colon (on most systems Unix, e.g. Mac OS X). @Stadiometer – Prewar

system variable section @SumitShukla – Prewar

Glad to hear that @Rizwan Sohaib – Prewar

Doesnt work anymore – Endaendall

Answer 5

I had the same problem on Windows 10. I've tried everything but running cmd as Administrator solved my problem.

Cheremkhovo

This solution can work only for Windows, it must be said (the question is about Linux) – Carmelo

Yes, i am aware of that. But i just shared to help windows users which are directed here like me. – Maudemaudie

Yeah I'm trying to work out why this is - not sure I want to be in admin mode all the time. – Photoperiod

Answer 6

just add C:\Windows\System32 to your system variable PATH. it works

Hirsch

This solution can work only for Windows, it must be said (the question is about Linux) – Carmelo

For windows this was the answer that fixed my issue – Goldenseal

Answer 7

I also got the same problem because my system didn't had git installed. So I downloaded git from https://git-scm.com/downloads and installed it and just after installing, it worked.

Neogene

Answer 8

if you use Windows , you must run cmd ( or any terminal ) with "Run As Administrator" and then exec this command :

git config --global --add safe.directory *

Brat

Answer 9

Note: This solution is for Windows only.

Add these variables to Path in environment variable:

(How to add to Path Read: https://mcmap.net/q/12998/-adding-a-directory-to-the-path-environment-variable-in-windows)

1. C:\src\flutter\bin
2. C:\Windows\System32
3. C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0
4. C:\Program Files\Git\bin\git.exe
5. C:\Program Files\Git\cmd

Alternative: Try use windows PowerShell (admin), it work for me

Clomb

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The correct windows answer is more to do with needing to be in admin mode not about setting the environment path. Not sure why though. – Photoperiod

Answer 10

If nothing above helps, this might be a possible solution. Note, this is for Windows.

To me nothing seemed to work so I ended up digging up flutter batch files. The error is located at %FLUTTER_ROOT%\bin\internal\shared.bat. This is how this line of code looks like:

  REM Check that git exists and get the revision
  SET git_exists=false
  2>NUL (
    PUSHD "%flutter_root%"
    FOR /f %%r IN ('git rev-parse HEAD') DO (
      SET git_exists=true
      SET revision=%%r
    )
    POPD
  )
  REM If git didn't execute we don't have git. Exit without /B to avoid retrying.
  if %git_exists% == false echo Error: Unable to find git in your PATH. && EXIT 1

This line "2>NUL (" tells windows batch file to not display any internal errors. You can comment it out like this: (Don't forget the closing bracket)

  REM 2>NUL (
    PUSHD "%flutter_root%"
    FOR /f %%r IN ('git rev-parse HEAD') DO (
      SET git_exists=true
      SET revision=%%r
    )
    POPD
  REM )

After saving that and running flutter command again I got this error: "Fatal: Not A Git Repository". This didn't make any sense since it had .git directory and running "git rev-parse HEAD" in root worked fine.

Reason why this is happening might be because terminal isn't really pointing to current folder and instead it points to something completely else. To me it was "C:\Windows". I figured this part by setting git_exists=true, after that flutter installed without problems. When I tried to run my flutter project, I got error that there is no pubspec.yaml file in my root even though there was. So, tried to test it by creating another flutter project and then I got error that flutter can't create project in "C:\Windows".

So, to fix this, I had to do following:

• Go to Registry Editor. You can find it in Windows search or by pressing "Windows key" + R. Type in "regedit" and it will open.
• After that, got to "Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor", find AutoRun key and delete it.
• If there is no AutoRun key, it might be located in "HKEY_CURRENT_USER" instead of "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE".

Really strange error but this was causing flutter to sometimes look in folder specified at this key instead of current folder.

Adamsun

Answer 11

Uninstall and reinstall GIT solved my problem.

Granny

i reinstalled git bash and it worked for me as well. – Dishevel

Answer 12

FOR WINDOWS : If you chose visual studio code during git installation and have multiple user accounts on windows then all you need to do is uninstall git and reinstall git choosing vim as default editor not visual studio code. You also get a warning when choosing visual studio code during git installation. Pay attention to that. For me setting visual studio code as default and having multiple User account was the issue.

Menchaca

Answer 13

Install Git and run the below command git config --global --add safe.directory C:/tools/flutter-base-dir

Boffin

If this does not work, you can try this one git config --global --add safe.directory '*' Actually this is the only solution which works for me github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/123995 – Devout

Thank you Terry you saved me, none of the answers did – Stereogram

By the way I don't have any C:/tools/flutter-base-dir , My flutter lives in F:\ProgTools\flutterLatest\flutter yet "git config --global --add safe.directory F:\ProgTools\flutterLatest\flutter" didn't work So I tried what you said and it worked – Stereogram

Answer 14

I tried for a LONG time to get this working.

git config --global --add safe.directory d:/flutter-sdk/flutter

didn't work and I didn't want to use

git config --global --add safe.directory "*"

as I thought it might present a security risk.

Eventually, this worked for me. I

git config --global --add safe.directory "D:/flutter-sdk/flutter"

Note, the "D" drive for me had to be CAPITAL, and I put it in quotes "..."

Hope this helps!

Algetic

Answer 15

You can download 64-bit Git for Windows Setup https://git-scm.com/download/win

Rewarding

Answer 16

I have tried more steps not worked , but at last success. You need go ''environment variables'' , then in the ''System variables'' create a new variable name 'git' and set variable value 'C:\Program Files\Git\bin'. Then ok. Close your vscode or all cmd file. Then again open and try flutter doctor you should success surely.

Prim

Answer 17

Try to run e.g. git fetch in flutter directory and check if there is no errors for fetching flutter repository.

In my case it was an error in git global config. After fixing it everything works fine and i am able to run flutter doctor.

Baggy

Answer 18

If you are running from an IDE like Android Studio, you might try running the equivalent command on the terminal:

flutter.bat pub get

Marijane

Answer 19

if it still not worked even after applying the above environment variables then Just run Android Studio as Administrator

Quoit

Answer 20

I was having everything set correctly but I was still facing the error I only had to reopen Android Studio as Administration.. I hope this works for anyone

Clinch

Answer 21

I tried the other fix that modified flutter.bat but those did not work for me. Find your shared.bat and manually set the git_exists to true.

C:\tools\flutter\bin\internal\shared.bat

SET git_exists=true
2>NUL (
  PUSHD "%flutter_root%"
  FOR /f %%r IN ('git rev-parse HEAD') DO (
    SET git_exists=true
    SET revision=%%r
  )
  POPD
)

You can set the variable to true or add a SET git_exists=true after the block.

Incompatible

Answer 22

C:\src\flutter\bin;C:\Windows\System32

just add this path

Cavill

It isn't an answer! What do you mean "just believe me". Detail your answer, please – Aerograph

Please expand your answer, this is not a satisfactory answer! – Rhenium

Answer 23

in windows 10 C:\src\flutter\bin C:\Windows\System32 C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0 C:\Program Files\Git\bin\git.exe C:\Program Files\Git\cmd

Habiliment

Answer 24

Try installing git from here according to your linux distro https://git-scm.com/download/linux

Henrique

Answer 25

After trying everything and none worked, I reopen Android Studio as Administration and it worked...

I hope this works for anyone

Holland

Answer 26

I Windows you can try re-installing Git using default settings. It should not affect your other apps that use git.

This is my Visual Studio code Terminal:

Sabba

Answer 27

for this problem my solution is the following: I was trying to make some edits in android studio properties and I gave it the administrator permission when open, so when I open it with administrator permission he just give me this error when I try to start my app:

Error: Unable to find git in your PATH.

I solve it by right click on the android studio from taskbar then right click on android studio again and select properties. now select the "Compatibility" tab from above then unselect "Run this program as an administrator", click Apply then OK.

Now just close Android Studio and reopen it then everything will work :) .

Beetle

Answer 28

In my case adding entries to environment variable doesn't work but the following has worked for me.

1. Click start
2. Search for Git CMD (assumed that Git is installed)
3. Right click on Git CMD and select "Run as administrator"
4. Run the command whatever you want (in my case I was trying to run dart pub global activate flutterfire_cli command to configure firebase with my flutter project).

I hope it will help someone.

Strohbehn

Answer 29

For visual studio problem: I already set flutter path and flutter command work right in terminal. For me removing flutter plugin and reinstall it fixd the issue in visual studio code. File->Setting->plugin

Prolepsis

Answer 30

open vscode as administrator, that solved my problem.

Grisaille

Answer 31

It worked successfully when I started Android Studio as Administrator

Baronet

3 other answers -- on this page -- already mention running as Administrator. – Indocile

@JeffSchaller Have I braked any rule or something which is against community guidelines? – Baronet

Yes; in the Help Center, under the section for Answering, is a page titled Why and how are some answers deleted?. In that page, it says: "Answer posts that do not fundamentally answer the question may be removed. This includes answers that are ... exact duplicates of other answers". Having duplicate answers means that voting is spread out among those duplicates, making it harder for future visitors to find the best answer. – Indocile

See also meta.#256071 – Indocile

@JeffSchaller Thank you. I'll keep in mind next time. – Baronet