error: cannot spawn "C:\Program Files\TortoiseGit\bin\TortoisePlink.exe": No such file or directory fatal: unable to fork
I've gotten this error several times when trying to use git over ssh:
The problem was the space in the GIT_SSH environment variable pointing to TortoisePlink.exe. I copied the "C:\Program Files\TortoiseGit\bin\" directory to "C:\TortoiseGit\bin\" and set GIT_SSH to "C:\TortoiseGit\bin\". I actually created a symbolic link, instead of actually copying it. I didn't want to risk breaking TortoiseGit, so I didn't actually move the directory. Of course, the right answer would be uninstall TortoiseGit and reinstall it in the above folder without a space in the path, but I really wasn't in the mood for yet another can of worms today.
E:\web2py\applications\k32>git clone ssh://[email protected]/gits/k32.git Cloning into 'k32'... error: cannot spawn "C:\Program Files\TortoiseGit\bin\TortoisePlink.exe": No such file or directory fatal: unable to fork
Surprisingly, google couldn't help me. But, it turned out to be a very simply fix. The problem was the space in the GIT_SSH environment variable pointing to TortoisePlink.exe. I copied the "C:\Program Files\TortoiseGit\bin\" directory to "C:\TortoiseGit\bin\" and set GIT_SSH to "C:\TortoiseGit\bin\". I actually created a symbolic link, instead of actually copying it. I didn't want to risk breaking TortoiseGit, so I didn't actually move the directory. Of course, the right answer would be uninstall TortoiseGit and reinstall it in the above folder without a space in the path, but I really wasn't in the mood for yet another can of worms today.