RStudio: how to set the Git executable in Windows 7?

Question

I'm using Windows 7 Enterprise on a work laptop.

I downloaded the GitHub Desktop app from the GitHub site (https://desktop.github.com/) and installed it. I read somewhere that the GitHub Desktop app automatically installs Git. I verified version control is working OK using both the GitHub Desktop app and also using the command line in shell.

But now I want to use Git with my RStudio app. SO I went to Tools | Global Options, clicked on the Git/SVN item on the left panel. The second item in the dialog asks for "Git executable". I looked in all the usual places like:

C:\Program Files
C:\users\<my_name>\AppData\Local\GitHub  

but cannot see where the Git executable is. Do you have any suggestions?

Answer 1

Look deeper into your AppData\Local\GitHub folder. I found mine in AppData\Local\GitHub\Portable_Git_XXXXXX\bin\git.exe where XXXX is a string of 32 characters or so.