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GitTree cannot find Git

GitTree uses your own Git installation and never bundles or installs one. If none is found it shows GitTree needs Git; if the one found is older than 2.39 it shows This Git is too old. Install or update Git, or press Locate Git… to choose it, then Check again.

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On this page
  1. Before you start
  2. Where to find it
  3. Steps
  4. Expected result
  5. If something goes wrong
  6. Questions
  7. Related

Before you start

  • Permission to install software on this computer.

Where to find it

  • The GitTree needs Git screen at start; Preferences › General › Git executable.
ActionmacOSWindows and Linux
Preferences⌘,Ctrl+,

Steps

  1. Read what GitTree found

    The screen says whether Git was not found (with Looked in), is too old (with the version and path), or did not answer.

  2. Install or update Git

    On macOS run xcode-select --install or brew install git; on Windows install Git for Windows from git-scm.com; on Linux install Git 2.39 or newer, which on Ubuntu 22.04 needs ppa:git-core/ppa first.

  3. Point GitTree at it

    Press Check again, or Locate Git… and pick the git program if it is somewhere GitTree does not look.

Expected result

GitTree starts and runs the Git you installed.

If something goes wrong

“This Git could not be used”

The Git at that path did not answer when asked for its version. Reinstall it, or choose another with Locate Git….

Questions

Why does GitTree not include Git?

So it runs the same Git as your terminal and other tools, with your configuration, and you update it yourself. See Set up Git.

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