Cmder: `GIT_INSTALL_ROOT` gets set incorrectly to `git_root\mingw64\bin` path

Created on 29 Jun 2020 · 15Comments · Source: cmderdev/cmder

Version Information

Cmder 1.3.15.1010, ConEmu 19.10.12.0

Windows 10 Pro Version 1909 (OS Build 18363.900)

Description of the issue

When I start Cmder, I get a "The system cannot find the file specified." error.
Debug logs:

DEBUG(init.bat): Env Var - CMDER_ROOT=C:\tools\cmdermini

DEBUG(init.bat): Env Var - debug_output=1

Injecting Clink!
DEBUG(init.bat): Looking for Git install root...

DEBUG(:read_version): Env Var - git_executable=C:\tools\cmdermini\vendor\git-for-windows\cmd\git.exe

DEBUG(:read_version): C:\tools\cmdermini\vendor\git-for-windows\cmd\git.exe does not exist.

DEBUG(:validate_version): ARGV[1]=VENDORED, ARGV[2]=

DEBUG(:parse_version): ARGV[1]=VENDORED, ARGV[2]=

DEBUG(:validate_version): Found Git Version for VENDORED: ...

DEBUG(:read_version): Env Var - git_executable=C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\git.exe

DEBUG(:read_version): Env Var - GIT_VERSION_USER=2.27.0.windows.1

DEBUG(:validate_version): ARGV[1]=USER, ARGV[2]=2.27.0.windows.1

DEBUG(:parse_version): ARGV[1]=USER, ARGV[2]=2.27.0.windows.1

DEBUG(:validate_version): Found Git Version for USER: 2.27.0.windows.1

DEBUG(Comparing:):

DEBUG(USER:): 2.27.0.windows.1

DEBUG(VENDORED:): ...

DEBUG(:read_version): Env Var - git_executable=C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\bin\git.exe

DEBUG(:read_version): Env Var - GIT_VERSION_USER=2.27.0.windows.1

DEBUG(:validate_version): ARGV[1]=USER, ARGV[2]=2.27.0.windows.1

DEBUG(:parse_version): ARGV[1]=USER, ARGV[2]=2.27.0.windows.1

DEBUG(:validate_version): Found Git Version for USER: 2.27.0.windows.1

DEBUG(Comparing:):

DEBUG(USER:): 2.27.0.windows.1

DEBUG(VENDORED:): ...

DEBUG(Using found Git '2.27.0.windows.1' from 'C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\bin...):

DEBUG(Using Git from 'C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\bin...):

DEBUG(init.bat): Preferring Windows commands

The system cannot find the file specified.
DEBUG(:enhance_path): Env Var INSIDE PATH \=\\ - found=0

DEBUG(:enhance_path): Env Var END PATH \=\\ - found=0

DEBUG(:enhance_path): Appending ''

DEBUG(:enhance_path): END Env Var - PATH=C:\Program Files\AdoptOpenJDK\jdk-11.0.7.10-hotspot\bin;C:\tools\ruby27\bin;C:\Python38\Scripts\;C:\Python38\;C:\tools\ruby26\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\Python37\Scripts\;C:\Python37\;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH\;C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA NvDLISR;C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\miktex\bin\x64\;C:\tools\BCURRAN3;C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\bin;C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\12\bin;C:\tools\cmdermini;C:\Program Files\Sublime Text 3;C:\Program Files (x86)\Gpg4win\..\GnuPG\bin;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_211\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Shared;C:\Program Files (x86)\Yarn\bin\;C:\HashiCorp\Vagrant\bin;C:\Program Files\dotnet\;C:\Program Files\Git\cmd;C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\bin;C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin;C:\Program Files\nodejs\;C:\Users\Jakub\AppData\Local\Programs\Fiddler;C:\Users\Jakub\spicetify-cli;C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox;C:\Program Files (x86)\CrowdinCLI;C:\Program Files (x86)\GitHub CLI\;C:\Users\Jakub\AppData\Local\Yarn\bin;C:\Users\Jakub\AppData\Roaming\npm;C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\gsudo\bin\;C:\Users\Jakub\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;

DEBUG(:enhance_path): Env Var \=\\ - found=1

DEBUG(init.bat): Env Var - git_locale="C:\Program & echo.
DEBUG(init.bat): Env Var - GIT_INSTALL_ROOT=C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\bin

DEBUG(init.bat): Found Git in: 'C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\bin'

DEBUG(:enhance_path): Env Var INSIDE PATH C:\\tools\\cmdermini\\vendor\\bin - found=0

DEBUG(:enhance_path): Env Var BEGIN PATH C:\\tools\\cmdermini\\vendor\\bin - found=0

DEBUG(:enhance_path): Prepending 'C:\tools\cmdermini\vendor\bin'

DEBUG(:enhance_path): END Env Var - PATH=C:\tools\cmdermini\vendor\bin;C:\Program Files\AdoptOpenJDK\jdk-11.0.7.10-hotspot\bin;C:\tools\ruby27\bin;C:\Python38\Scripts\;C:\Python38\;C:\tools\ruby26\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\Python37\Scripts\;C:\Python37\;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH\;C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA NvDLISR;C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\miktex\bin\x64\;C:\tools\BCURRAN3;C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\bin;C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\12\bin;C:\tools\cmdermini;C:\Program Files\Sublime Text 3;C:\Program Files (x86)\Gpg4win\..\GnuPG\bin;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_211\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Shared;C:\Program Files (x86)\Yarn\bin\;C:\HashiCorp\Vagrant\bin;C:\Program Files\dotnet\;C:\Program Files\Git\cmd;C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\bin;C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin;C:\Program Files\nodejs\;C:\Users\Jakub\AppData\Local\Programs\Fiddler;C:\Users\Jakub\spicetify-cli;C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox;C:\Program Files (x86)\CrowdinCLI;C:\Program Files (x86)\GitHub CLI\;C:\Users\Jakub\AppData\Local\Yarn\bin;C:\Users\Jakub\AppData\Roaming\npm;C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\gsudo\bin\;C:\Users\Jakub\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;

DEBUG(:enhance_path): Env Var C:\\tools\\cmdermini\\vendor\\bin - found=1

DEBUG(:enhance_path_recursive): Env Var - add_path=

DEBUG(:enhance_path_recursive): Env Var - position=

DEBUG(:enhance_path_recursive): Env Var - depth=0

DEBUG(:enhance_path_recursive): Env Var - max_depth=1

DEBUG(:enhance_path): Env Var INSIDE PATH C:\\tools\\cmdermini - found=1

DEBUG(:enhance_path): Env Var END PATH C:\\tools\\cmdermini - found=1

DEBUG(init.bat): Env Var - HOME=C:\Users\Jakub\OneDrive\Dokumenty

DEBUG(init.bat): Calling - C:\tools\cmdermini\config\user_profile.cmd

As far as I can tell from the debug logs, this appears to be an issue with wrong folder getting assigned to GIT_INSTALL_ROOT variable - git's root directory for me is C:\Program Files\Git, not C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\bin (nor is it even a proper bin directory in this context as C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\git.exe is the executable that should be used in cmd)

// to workaround this issue, I temporarily added GIT_INSTALL_ROOT environment variable and pointed it at C:\Program Files\Git

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jack1142

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This will be fixed in 1.3.16

daxgames on 6 Jul 2020

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@jack1142 I just installed Git for windows and Cmder Mini and I do not see the issue.

Git related env variables:

C:\Users\dtgam\cmder_mini
λ set GIT
git_executable=C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\git.exe
GIT_INSTALL_ROOT=C:\Program Files\Git
git_locale="C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\locale.exe"
GIT_VERSION_USER=2.27.0.windows.1

Start of Cmder Mini with Git for Windows x64 installed with default settings:

daxgames on 29 Jun 2020

I just downloaded the latest cmder_mini.zip from GH releases, extracted it in different location than the already installed cmder + removed CMDER_ROOT and GIT_INSTALL_ROOT env vars (or rather appended 2 to them so that cmder doesn't use them) so that there's hopefully nothing from old location affecting it and I still have the issue:

jack1142 on 29 Jun 2020

I misclicked

jack1142 on 29 Jun 2020

Let me know if there's anything I can send that would help troubleshoot this.

jack1142 on 29 Jun 2020

@jack114 I installed Git for Windows and downloaded and expanded cmder mini and ran cmder and did not see the issue. My test was done on a newly installed Windows 10 that has never had Cmder on it so it is about as clean and unadulterated as you could ask for so I suspect something on your system is the problem. I have no idea what it could be though.

You could post the output of cmder_diag.cmd. Just make sure there is nothing in it you don`t want the world to know before posting it.

I am posting the below for comparison with what you posted.

C:\Users\dtgam\cmder_mini
λ set cmder
CMDER_ALIASES=1
CMDER_CLINK=1
CMDER_CONFIGURED=1
CMDER_INIT_END=20:34:29.53
CMDER_INIT_START=20:34:25.91
CMDER_ROOT=C:\Users\dtgam\cmder_mini
CMDER_SHELL=cmd
CMDER_USER_FLAGS=

C:\Users\dtgam\cmder_mini
λ set git
git_executable=C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\git.exe
GIT_INSTALL_ROOT=C:\Program Files\Git
git_locale="C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\locale.exe"
GIT_VERSION_USER=2.27.0.windows.1

C:\Users\dtgam\cmder_mini
λ where git
C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\git.exe
C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\bin\git.exe

daxgames on 29 Jun 2020

and My debug output:

DEBUG(init.bat): Env Var - CMDER_ROOT=C:\Users\dtgam\cmder_mini

DEBUG(init.bat): Env Var - debug_output=1

DEBUG(init.bat): Looking for Git install root...

DEBUG(:read_version): Env Var - git_executable=C:\Users\dtgam\cmder_mini\vendor\git-for-windows\cmd\git.exe

DEBUG(:read_version): C:\Users\dtgam\cmder_mini\vendor\git-for-windows\cmd\git.exe does not exist.

DEBUG(:validate_version): ARGV[1]=VENDORED, ARGV[2]=

DEBUG(:parse_version): ARGV[1]=VENDORED, ARGV[2]=

DEBUG(:validate_version): Found Git Version for VENDORED: ...

DEBUG(:read_version): Env Var - git_executable=C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\git.exe

DEBUG(:read_version): Env Var - GIT_VERSION_USER=2.27.0.windows.1

DEBUG(:validate_version): ARGV[1]=USER, ARGV[2]=2.27.0.windows.1

DEBUG(:parse_version): ARGV[1]=USER, ARGV[2]=2.27.0.windows.1

DEBUG(:validate_version): Found Git Version for USER: 2.27.0.windows.1

DEBUG(Comparing:):

DEBUG(USER:): 2.27.0.windows.1

DEBUG(VENDORED:): ...

DEBUG(Using found Git '2.27.0.windows.1' from 'C:\Program Files\Git...):

DEBUG(Using Git from 'C:\Program Files\Git...):

DEBUG(init.bat): Preferring Windows commands

DEBUG(:enhance_path): Env Var INSIDE PATH C:\\Program\ Files\\Git\\cmd - found=1

DEBUG(:enhance_path): Env Var END PATH C:\\Program\ Files\\Git\\cmd - found=1

DEBUG(:enhance_path): Env Var INSIDE PATH C:\\Program\ Files\\Git\\mingw64\\bin - found=0

DEBUG(:enhance_path): Env Var END PATH C:\\Program\ Files\\Git\\mingw64\\bin - found=0

DEBUG(:enhance_path): Appending 'C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\bin'

DEBUG(:enhance_path): END Env Var - PATH=C:\Users\dtgam\cmder_mini\vendor\conemu-maximus5\ConEmu\Scripts;C:\Users\dtgam\cmder_mini\vendor\conemu-maximus5;C:\Users\dtgam\cmder_mini\vendor\conemu-maximus5\ConEmu;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH\;C:\Program Files\Git\cmd;C:\Users\dtgam\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\bin

DEBUG(:enhance_path): Env Var C:\\Program\ Files\\Git\\mingw64\\bin - found=1

DEBUG(:enhance_path): Env Var INSIDE PATH C:\\Program\ Files\\Git\\usr\\bin - found=0

DEBUG(:enhance_path): Env Var END PATH C:\\Program\ Files\\Git\\usr\\bin - found=0

DEBUG(:enhance_path): Appending 'C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin'

DEBUG(:enhance_path): END Env Var - PATH=C:\Users\dtgam\cmder_mini\vendor\conemu-maximus5\ConEmu\Scripts;C:\Users\dtgam\cmder_mini\vendor\conemu-maximus5;C:\Users\dtgam\cmder_mini\vendor\conemu-maximus5\ConEmu;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH\;C:\Program Files\Git\cmd;C:\Users\dtgam\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\bin;C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin

DEBUG(:enhance_path): Env Var C:\\Program\ Files\\Git\\usr\\bin - found=1

DEBUG(init.bat): Env Var - git_locale="C:\Program & echo.
DEBUG(init.bat): Env Var - GIT_INSTALL_ROOT=C:\Program Files\Git

DEBUG(init.bat): Found Git in: 'C:\Program Files\Git'

DEBUG(:enhance_path): Env Var INSIDE PATH C:\\Users\\dtgam\\cmder_mini\\vendor\\bin - found=0

DEBUG(:enhance_path): Env Var BEGIN PATH C:\\Users\\dtgam\\cmder_mini\\vendor\\bin - found=0

DEBUG(:enhance_path): Prepending 'C:\Users\dtgam\cmder_mini\vendor\bin'

DEBUG(:enhance_path): END Env Var - PATH=C:\Users\dtgam\cmder_mini\vendor\bin;C:\Users\dtgam\cmder_mini\vendor\conemu-maximus5\ConEmu\Scripts;C:\Users\dtgam\cmder_mini\vendor\conemu-maximus5;C:\Users\dtgam\cmder_mini\vendor\conemu-maximus5\ConEmu;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH\;C:\Program Files\Git\cmd;C:\Users\dtgam\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\bin;C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin

DEBUG(:enhance_path): Env Var C:\\Users\\dtgam\\cmder_mini\\vendor\\bin - found=1

DEBUG(:enhance_path_recursive): Env Var - add_path=

DEBUG(:enhance_path_recursive): Env Var - position=

DEBUG(:enhance_path_recursive): Env Var - depth=0

DEBUG(:enhance_path_recursive): Env Var - max_depth=1

DEBUG(:enhance_path): Env Var INSIDE PATH C:\\Users\\dtgam\\cmder_mini - found=0

DEBUG(:enhance_path): Env Var END PATH C:\\Users\\dtgam\\cmder_mini - found=0

DEBUG(:enhance_path): Appending 'C:\Users\dtgam\cmder_mini'

DEBUG(:enhance_path): END Env Var - PATH=C:\Users\dtgam\cmder_mini\vendor\bin;C:\Users\dtgam\cmder_mini\vendor\conemu-maximus5\ConEmu\Scripts;C:\Users\dtgam\cmder_mini\vendor\conemu-maximus5;C:\Users\dtgam\cmder_mini\vendor\conemu-maximus5\ConEmu;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH\;C:\Program Files\Git\cmd;C:\Users\dtgam\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\bin;C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin;C:\Users\dtgam\cmder_mini

DEBUG(:enhance_path): Env Var C:\\Users\\dtgam\\cmder_mini - found=1

DEBUG(init.bat): Env Var - HOME=C:\Users\dtgam

DEBUG(init.bat): Calling - C:\Users\dtgam\cmder_mini\config\user_profile.cmd

daxgames on 29 Jun 2020

By comparing your output to mine, I wonder - how is it that in your case it doesn't check further after first line from where git.exe output? I don't know that much about batch language, but shouldn't this iterate through all of the lines and call these "functions" on each path that was outputted by where git.exe?
I didn't have this issue with cmder v1.3.14 and it seems to make sense to me as there was a GOTO instruction ran as soon as GIT_INSTALL_ROOT was non-empty (here) unlike in v1.3.15 where it's called only after the whole loop ends.

Here's the output of cmder_diag.cmd:
https://gist.github.com/jack1142/4bb119be0bea40a3122d9e161cd3e3f2

jack1142 on 29 Jun 2020

@jack1142 Yeah I noticed that too. I don't know why it would behave differently for me than with you. Working on a possble fix but I will need you to test it since I cannot reproduce it.

daxgames on 29 Jun 2020

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@jack1142 Try this

daxgames on 29 Jun 2020

This will be fixed in 1.3.16

daxgames on 6 Jul 2020

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just to add informations .

I have the same problem, when installing git, I check this options (this can maybe help to reproduce ?) :

So I think git add more things in the path, so I my path I see :

- C:\Program Files\Git\cmd
- C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\bin
- C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin

And running where git return

λ where git
C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\git.exe
C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\bin\git.exe

And finally, the debug say :

DEBUG(Using found Git '2.27.0.windows.1' from 'C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\bin...):

I'll test the 1.3.16 when available .

thib3113 on 13 Jul 2020

I had the very same problem and I can confirm it's fixed in 3.16 ;-) And @thib3113 was maybe right that Git installation could be the culprit cause I'm also installing git with that "Use Git and optional Linux tools from the Command Prompt" option.