change xcrun developer path for Android Studio/IntelliJ

65
votes

I'm using GIT and am trying to push my code and getting the following error when using the Terminal. I don't use XCode, I'm using Android Studio.

The command I tried using was:

git branch Networking

Error:

xcrun: error: invalid active developer path (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools), missing xcrun at: /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/xcrun`

I am running on El Capitan Beta 4 update if that helps in any way.

Update: This also happens for IntelliJ users, and for MacOS Catalina update

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5 Answers

71
votes

Instead of installing xcode you can install git from here and change the path in android studio to /usr/local/git/bin/git as shown in the image below.

studio preferences

This way you save time and memory.

109
votes

I ran into the same problem, however with svn. I found that by installing El Capitan, Xcode was "uninstalled". I reinstalled Xcode from the App Store and then reinstalled Xcode Command Line Tools via Terminal with

xcode-select --install

After installation, my /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin directory reappeared and svn started working again.

3
votes

Use /usr/local/git/bin/git as a path

1
votes

In my case, Git did not work after upgrading Mac OS X High Sierra.

Fortunately, the answer provided by @Rob still works for High Sierra, so there was no need for me to actually change the xcrun developer path and no need to install all of XCode

0
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I lost Git after upgrading to macOS Mojave.

The solution of re-installing XCode CLI still works fine.

In Terminal, type:

xcode-select --install

... and click "Install" on the prompt.