TortoiseHg: "TortoisePlink.exe" is not recognized as an internal or external command

Question

I have been stuck with this problem for almost a day now and finally decided to shout-out for help.

Things I have already done:

• Updated my .ini file with:

[ui] username = User Name ssh = "C:\Program Files (x86)\TortoiseHg\TortoisePlink.exe" -ssh -2 -batch -C

also tried,

ssh = "C:\Program Files (x86)\TortoiseHg\TortoisePlink.exe" -ssh -2 -batch -C -i C:\Program Files (x86)\TortoiseHg\ssh_keys\my_rsa_key.ppk

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• Environmental variables set to "PATH = ;C:\Program Files\TortoiseHg"

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• Current directory .ini file set to [paths] default-push = ssh://[email protected]/Username/test_repo

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I get an error:

remote: http 404 not found.When I back-traced it I realized TortoisePlink.exe is not running. I don't have Putty installed alongside TortoiseHg. Is it necessary I do?

Misbehavior

Answer 1

This relates to the latest version of TortoiseHG (3.5). I just installed it and received the same message. I found this after a search - just adding this in case others do the same.

With version 3.5 TortoisePlink.exe is contained in the C:\Program Files\TortoiseHg\lib folder. Two solutions: 1) Copy TortoisePlink.exe into C:\Program Files\TortoiseHg or 2) Add ;C:\Program Files\TortoiseHg\lib to the environment PATH (needs a restart). For some reason TortoiseHG installer only adds "C:\Program Files\TortoiseHg" to the PATH.

I used 2) and it worked immediately after re-start.

Dissert

Thank you. I rebooted after installing TortoiseHg 3.5, and I still got that error. I used (1) (move TortoisePlink.exe up one folder level) and it worked immediately for me, no second restart necessary. – Halfandhalf

Also look at Mercurial.ini file for absolute paths to TortoisePlink.exe – Theocentric

Simpler solution 3): since you already have an absolute path to TortoisePlink.exe in your mercurial.ini file, just edit that path to include the extra \lib – Mitchell

Answer 2

Had you updated your version of TortoiseHg recently? I just ran into this same issue after having done so and found your question. (I'm now on TortoiseHg 2.10.1 with Mercurial 2.8.1.)

I had read a few people suggesting that there was a change to one or more environmental variables, but nothing concrete enough to link to here. The release notes show that 2.8 has a change, but doesn't sound breaking: customtools: add 'workingdir' setting, {FILES} and {ALLFILES} variables

I decided to reboot to make sure I had a all the environmental variables loaded and after having done so, I discovered everything was working again. I think it could have been a new environmental variable, but again... pure speculation.

Hyperparathyroidism

Answer 3

I had this problem. Turns out I set everything up correctly in my default settings (with an explicit path to TortoisePlink.exe), but I had it overridden in my project-specific settings without the path or other command-line switches set correctly. So if you get here, that's something else to check.

Omdurman