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check Git installed and prompt if not found

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Description

I am unsure on how to use the Github Desktop internal Git in terminal with the folder scope.

Version

GitHub Desktop: 1.1.1

Operating system: Ubuntu 17.10

Steps to Reproduce

Open GitHub Desktop with some repo
Click on Repository -> Open in GNOME Terminal
Type git

Expected Behavior

I expected it to work with GitHub Desktop’s internal git, like in Windows.

Actual Behavior

The system asks me to install Git separately, therefore I would have to create a duplicate clone just to use terminal commands.

Additional Information

I am not sure what is the app’s launchable name, so I wasn’t able to try that. It certainly wasn’t github (from #32).

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 5 years ago
Comments:8 (4 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

2reactions

shiftkeycommented, Apr 30, 2018

That wasn’t the case for the old design version (I believe it installed full Git with the Desktop already).

The “Git Shell” experience was not ported over to Desktop Electron for multiple reasons. The discussion to read the back story on this is https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/340

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j-f1commented, Apr 27, 2018

You should be able to use the same Git repository in both GitHub Desktop and in your terminal, as long as you have Git installed separately.