android: Cannot run program CreateProcess error=5, Access is denied

Question

I keep on getting the following error message from eclipse when I try to push my android code to my remote Git repository in Bitbucket.

Cannot run program "C:\Users\John\.ssh": CreateProcess error=5, Access is denied

I have already performed a successful push once to the remote repository of my entire android project via:

ssh://[email protected]/myname/myproject.git

I have also exchanged public keys between the android and the Bitbucket account. Both eclipse id_rsa public and private keys are stored under my C:/Users/John/.ssh folder

I have also set the environmental variable GIT_SSH=C:/Users/John/.ssh

Now every time I try to push to the remote repository eclipse complains with this error.

My eclipse is Android Developer Tools running on Windows 8.1.

I appreciate any support from the community.

Answer 1

I found that the path in Android Studio (File-Settings-Version Control->Git->Path to Git) requires not just the path where Git.exe is, but also needs to include the file name git.exe at the end of the path. When I included that this error goes. Hope this helps. You can test it with the Test button next to the path and browse buttons.

Answer 2

Yes absolutely !

This is the faulty one:

C:\Users\Zozo07\AppData\Local\GitHub\PortableGit_d76a6a98c9315931ec4927243517bc09e9b731a0\cmd

C:\Users\Zozo07\AppData\Local\GitHub\PortableGit_d76a6a98c9315931ec4927243517bc09e9b731a0\cmd\git.exe

The \git.exe at the end has solved my problem !