Error running git in PyCharm after recent update

Question

I have this "Error Running Git" message when trying to clone from GitHub in PyCharm, it says "cannot run program "/usr/local/bin/git: error=2, no such file or directory". I guess I need to configure "path to git executable"? But I don't know how, I'm very new to using git. And this only occurs lately, after I updated the PyCharm lately.

Updated: After put in the new path, I got an new error:

Answer 1

This means that the XCode Command Line Tools haven't been installed. Open and terminal window and type:

xcode-select --install

This will trigger the install and clear up the problem.

(thank you to @totalhorizon: https://tips.tutorialhorizon.com/2015/10/01/xcrun-error-invalid-active-developer-path-library-developer-commandline-tools-missing-xcrun)

Answer 2

[Not tested]

Looks like this happens because of bad xcrun path. Try this:

1. Find where is xcrun located using which xcrun and add it to the given path: ln -s [path from which crun]/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/xcrun

2. Reinstall developer directory manager using xcode-select --install.

Answer 3

Press Ctrl+Alt+S then type "git". This will bring you to the git settings. Here you can specify the correct path to the git executable.

This screenshot is from IntelliJ; you should see something very similar in PyCharm.

Answer 4

My IDEs (PyCharm, GoLand and IntelliJ) were working fine. In order to build a source code from GitHub, I had to install Xcode. However, since my company had not updated our Macs to latest OS, (We are on Catalina while the latest is Big Sur), I had to install an older (compatible) version of Xcode.

The installation of older Xcode resulted in overwriting of git to an older version. Running xcode-select --install had no effect since the OS itself was older. All I'd get is:

mac t2 % sudo xcode-select --install
xcode-select: error: command line tools are already installed, use "Software Update" to install updates

Even running sudo softwareupdate -ia returned:

mac t2 % sudo softwareupdate -ia
Software Update Tool

Finding available software
No updates are available.

To work around this, I used brew to install git for me. Ran, brew install git and it updated a whole bunch of things along with installing latest version of git. Restarted my IDEs and none of them complained anymore.

Answer 5

I solve this problem by the following 3 steps:

1. run in terminal: xcode-select --install;
2. download git (https://git-scm.com/download/mac) and install it;
3. set the git path in Pycharm to: /usr/local/git/bin/git