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Android Android Tools Using Git for Android Pulling Down GitHub Projects to Android Studio

Michael Ikhane
Michael Ikhane
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Posted by Michael Ikhane
Michael Ikhane
2,390 Points

Git installation on Mac

Hi all,

I got this error after I tried to use GitHub on my Android studio, please let me know how I can fix this issue. Thanks in advance.

Error Running Git Cannot run program "/usr/local/git/bin": error=13, Permission denied

1 Answer

Michael Ikhane
Michael Ikhane
2,390 Points
Michael Ikhane
Michael Ikhane
2,390 Points

Hi All,

Thanks for your time. I found out what I did wrong here. The path to Git executable in Android Studio Preferences was wrong, it should be /usr/local/git/bin/git and not /usr/local/git/bin

Thanks

Laurie Shuck
Laurie Shuck
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Laurie Shuck
Laurie Shuck
1,773 Points

I was trying to set up PHPStorm and needed the Git path. Your comment was helpful! Thanks!