Can't find git in WSL2

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Command pre-commit install fails with the following error:

An error has occurred: FatalError: git failed. Is it installed, and are you in a Git repository directory? Check the log at /home/david/.cache/pre-commit/pre-commit.log

I’m executing the command inside of Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) in a git repository that’s inside the linux filesystem. Commands like git --version and git status are working.

pre-commit --version

pre-commit 2.17.0

.pre-commit-config.yaml

- repo: git://github.com/jcchavezs/pre-commit-kotlin
  rev: HEAD
  hooks:
    - id: ktlint
      args:
      - --color --disabled_rules=no-wildcard-imports

~/.cache/pre-commit/pre-commit.log (if present)

version information

pre-commit version: 2.17.0
git --version: [Errno 8] Exec format error: '/usr/local/bin/git'
sys.version:
    3.8.10 (default, Nov 26 2021, 20:14:08)
    [GCC 9.3.0]
sys.executable: /usr/bin/python3
os.name: posix
sys.platform: linux

error information

An error has occurred: FatalError: git failed. Is it installed, and are you in a Git repository directory?

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/david/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pre_commit/git.py", line 59, in get_root
    cmd_output('git', 'rev-parse', '--show-cdup')[1].strip(),
  File "/home/david/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pre_commit/util.py", line 160, in cmd_output
    returncode, stdout_b, stderr_b = cmd_output_b(*cmd, **kwargs)
  File "/home/david/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pre_commit/util.py", line 154, in cmd_output_b
    raise CalledProcessError(returncode, cmd, retcode, stdout_b, stderr_b)
pre_commit.util.CalledProcessError: command: ('/usr/local/bin/git', 'rev-parse', '--show-cdup')
return code: 1
expected return code: 0
stdout:
    [Errno 8] Exec format error: '/usr/local/bin/git'

stderr: (none)

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/david/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pre_commit/error_handler.py", line 70, in error_handler
    yield
  File "/home/david/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pre_commit/main.py", line 351, in main
    _adjust_args_and_chdir(args)
  File "/home/david/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pre_commit/main.py", line 168, in _adjust_args_and_chdir
    toplevel = git.get_root()
  File "/home/david/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pre_commit/git.py", line 63, in get_root
    raise FatalError(
pre_commit.errors.FatalError: git failed. Is it installed, and are you in a Git repository directory?

[asottile]

you probably forgot #!/bin/sh on that script

[davidkopp]

Thank you for that hint! Indeed I had placed /usr/local/bin/git there in the first placed with a script. Unfortunately I had forgot about that script. When I remove this script from there the pre-commit install command works. So sorry for the unnecessary interruption.