Jenkins could not run git

Question

I\'ve installed Jenkins on my mac (osx lion). But I couldn\'t get it work. This is the stacktrace I\'ve got:

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Answer 1

Another issue i faced with was, ssh.exe was not looking at the %userprofile%/.ssh folder for the key files. Instead it was looking to the folder C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\.ssh which was empty and which causes a hang due to ssh authentication prompt on the machine where git repo located.

We just copied the key files under %userprofile%/.ssh to C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\.ssh and the problem is resolved.

Answer 2

Adding "/usr/bin/git" >> Path to Git executable, didn't work for me. Then I deleted the contents of $JENKINS_HOME/fingerprints and restarted Jenkins. The problem goes away.

Answer 3

If you do not copy and paste the full file path addess e.g. C:\Program Files\Git\bin\git.exe, in the 'path to executable' field when configuring Git, it can lead to errors. Windows 8 & 10 for instance have a 'copy path' functionality which really works and helps to get full path name. Mac should have something similar. Its always best to use that rather clicking in the path address address bar and copying. This does not usually give the full file path and may cause a lot of troubles if you forget to edit the path at its destination.

Path copycopy is also very good add-on for copying full path