I ran across a nasty problem installing Symfony2 on Windows XP SP2. Symfony2 uses git and Composer to create new projects and manage dependencies. This is awesome – when it works. Unfortunately, I setup msysgit incorrectly by selecting the wrong install option.
See that big nasty warning message in the third option? That scared me enough that I went with option 2. That was a mistake, because when I tried to run Composer’s install command, I ran into this error:
php composer.phar create-project symfony/framework-standard-edition path/ 2.1.2 Failed to clone http://github.com/fabpot/Twig.git, git was not found, check that it is installed and in your PATH env.
Which is weird because when I run git from the command line, I get a list of options.
The problem is in the Windows PATH variable. Option 2 installs “C:\Program Files\Git\cmd” into the PATH, not “C:\Program Files\Git\bin” like option 3.
Solution: Aside from re-installing msysgit and selecting option 3, just add “C:\Program Files\Git\bin” to the end of your path, close and re-open the command window, and try again.
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hey you saved my day, thanks for that!!