Git for Windows command line installer

[blakeduffey]

Looking for switches to install GCM while running the git install. This is necessary for enterprise deployments (which use tools that leverage the silent install).

This site: https://gitforwindows.org/silent-or-unattended-installation.html

Makes me thing this would work:

Git-2.51.0-64-bit.exe /VERYSILENT /NORESTARTAPPLICATIONS/NORESTART /SP- /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /o:UseCredentialManager=Enabled

But either it doesn't install, or it doesn't install in the PATH.

PS C:\Users\me> git --version
git version 2.51.0.windows.1
PS C:\Users\me> git-credential-manager configure
git-credential-manager: The term 'git-credential-manager' is not recognized as a name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or executable program.
Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.

Thanks!

[rimrul]

But either it doesn't install, or it doesn't install in the PATH.

most likely the latter.
"C:\Program Files\git\mingw64\bin\git-credential-manager.exe" configure probably won't produce the same error message.

The option to put GCM on the path (along with every other tool included in Git for Windows) is /o:PathOption=CmdTools.

[dscho]

You should never call Git commands in the "dashed" form, i.e. with a - after git. That has been true for the last one-and-a-half decades.

As a consequence, you should never call git-credential-manager with two dashes. Instead, you should always have a space after the git: git credential-manager.

To prove that this works:

PS C:\Users\me> git version
git version 2.51.0.windows.1

PS C:\Users\me> git credential-manager configure
Configuring component 'Git Credential Manager'...
Configuring component 'Azure Repos provider'...

You can also ensure that the correct option was used by calling this command and looking for the "Use Credential Manager" line:

PS C:\Users\me> git -c alias.sh="!sh" sh -c "cat /etc/install-options.txt"
Editor Option: VIM
Custom Editor Path:
Default Branch Option:
Path Option: Cmd
SSH Option: OpenSSH
Tortoise Option: false
CURL Option: WinSSL
CRLF Option: CRLFAlways
Bash Terminal Option: MinTTY
Git Pull Behavior Option: Merge
Use Credential Manager: Enabled
Performance Tweaks FSCache: Enabled
Enable Symlinks: Enabled
Enable FSMonitor: Disabled

[blakeduffey]

@dscho - thanks very much for the reply. This is helpful. The internet is littered with references to 'git-credential-manager'. Appreciate the correction!