PhpStorm, Windows 10 PowerShell and Git commands

Question

I'm using PhpStorm on windows and I'm trying to learn working with CLI.

So in the Program settings I use Windows PowerShell as native Terminal. I installed git, node and npm. I'm very new on using the command line on Windows.....

When using the PowerShell as standalone the command git --version gives me the correct git Version. When using the same command in PhpStorm Terminal which is linked to the PowerShell I get an error (sorry for German):

"git : Die Benennung "git" wurde nicht als Name eines Cmdlet, einer Funktion, einer Skriptdatei oder eines ausführbaren Programms erkannt. Überprüfen Sie die Schreibweise des Namens, oder ob der Pfad korrekt ist (sofern enthalten), und wiederholen Sie den Vorgang."

What am I doing wrong?? Or do I miss something??

Answer 1

You don't have git in the terminal's PATH environment variable. If you look for "terminal" in the Settings dialogue you can use the Environment Variables section to tweak that. Mine is empty and I have Include system environment variables checked, which I believe it's the default.

Answer 2

Please use PhpStorm run as administrator.