Teamcity: Failed to perform checkout on agent: Unable to run git at path C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin\sh.exe

Question

When I run my build it fails with the error:

Failed to perform checkout on agent: Unable to run git at path C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin\sh.exe

The path is correct, I can run the file and Teamcity is using my login account.

Is there somewhere I need to set more credentials, or start the service with Admin privileges?

I am running in Windows 8.

That's it! Thanks. If you want to add it below, I'll mark it as the answer. — BanksySan, Oct 04 '13 at 21:48

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 04 '13 at 21:50

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The path is correct, but TeamCity wants to execute git.exe, not sh.exe.

answered Oct 04 '13 at 21:50

John Hoerr

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 23 '15 at 02:41

I had a similar error to this.

The fix was to explicitly set the Path to Git in the VCS root to C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin\git.exe - ie: Exactly what @John-Hoerr suggests.

The value prior was an empty string.

The reason for the failure was not clear since the VCS Root was used in a template which was being used by other builds completely fine. Possibly something to do with a detached, reattached template that I had done.

Teamcity: Failed to perform checkout on agent: Unable to run git at path C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin\sh.exe

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