Do I need Git to use Github in JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA?

Question

JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA has 2 plugins: Git and Github. Do I need to install Git from http://git-scm.com on my local windows machine in orde

Answer 1

I just came up against the same problem.

If you choose not to do the full PATH (environment variable) integration when install git (on Windows) you'll need to tell IntelliJ where to find git.cmd; you can do this in

Settings > Project Settings > Version Control > VCSs > Git

Example in my case it was portable git looks like this on windows

C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\GitHub\PortableGit_d7effa1a4a322478cd29c826b52a0c118ad3db11\cmd\git.exe