'
to read about a specific subcommand or concept.
See 'git help git' for an overview of the system.
```
---
### Author:  [@Jeff\_Emanuel](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Jeff_Emanuel)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2021, 7:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/run-git-version-on-windows-errors/62198/6 "2021-06-01T19:43:51Z")
Yes, that sounds right. Check where cmd is finding git with `where git` and try putting the full path in run with appropriate escaping:
```julia
C:\>where git
C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\git.exe
C:\>julia
julia> run(`"C:\\Program Files\\Git\\cmd\\git.exe" --version`)
git version 2.7.1.windows.2
```
---
### Author:  [@GunnarFarneback](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/GunnarFarneback)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2021, 8:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/run-git-version-on-windows-errors/62198/7 "2021-06-01T20:00:31Z")
You can try this
```julia
using Git
git = Git.git()
run(`$git --version`)
```
after adding the `Git` package.
---
### Author:  [@Impressium](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Impressium)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2021, 7:05am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/run-git-version-on-windows-errors/62198/8 "2021-06-02T07:05:50Z")
```julia
C:\Users\User>where git
C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\git.exe
```
```julia
julia> run(`C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\git.exe --version`)
ERROR: IOError: could not spawn `C:Program FilesGitcmdgit.exe --version`: no such file or directory (ENOENT)
Stacktrace:
[1] _spawn_primitive(file::String, cmd::Cmd, stdio::Vector{Any})
@ Base .\process.jl:99
[2] #637
@ .\process.jl:112 [inlined]
[3] setup_stdios(f::Base.var"#637#638"{Cmd}, stdios::Vector{Any})
@ Base .\process.jl:196
[4] _spawn
@ .\process.jl:111 [inlined]
[5] run(::Cmd; wait::Bool)
@ Base .\process.jl:439
[6] run(::Cmd)
@ Base .\process.jl:438
[7] top-level scope
@ REPL[45]:1
```
I don’t know what I’m doing wrong…
---
### Author:  [@Impressium](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Impressium)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2021, 7:06am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/run-git-version-on-windows-errors/62198/9 "2021-06-02T07:06:54Z")
thx, but I wanna use that:
[https://github.com/GunnarFarneback/LocalRegistry.jl](https://github.com/GunnarFarneback/LocalRegistry.jl)
---
### Author:  [@Sukera](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Sukera)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2021, 7:25am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/run-git-version-on-windows-errors/62198/10 "2021-06-02T07:25:45Z")
You forgot to quote the path and escape `\`:
```julia
julia> run(`C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\git.exe --version`)
```
should be
```julia
julia> run(`"C:\\Program Files\\Git\\cmd\\git.exe" --version`)
```
This is because there’s a space in “Program Files” and windows needs those `\` escaped.
If you just want to use LocalRegistry, interacting with the git repo from the regular command line is ok.
---
### Author:  [@Impressium](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Impressium)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2021, 7:29am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/run-git-version-on-windows-errors/62198/11 "2021-06-02T07:29:01Z")
OK that worked 🙂
```julia
julia> run(`"C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\git.exe" --version`)
git version 2.31.1.windows.1
Process(`'C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\git.exe' --version`, ProcessExited(0))
```
---
### Author:  [@Impressium](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Impressium)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2021, 7:31am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/run-git-version-on-windows-errors/62198/12 "2021-06-02T07:31:52Z")
OK good to know that I can use LocalRegistry that way.
But I would like to fix it anyway. Because it never worked for my on any machine…
---
### Author:  [@GunnarFarneback](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/GunnarFarneback)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2021, 8:07am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/run-git-version-on-windows-errors/62198/13 "2021-06-02T08:07:21Z")
> [@Impressium](#):
>
> thx, but I wanna use LocalRegistry
Right, of course. It’s in my future plans to use the Git package for LocalRegistry but it requires bumping the Julia compatibility to 1.6, which I don’t want to do just yet.
But well, try if this branch works for you:
```julia
pkg> add LocalRegistry#git_jll
```
Actually it probably doesn’t since [Use jll version of git via Git package. by GunnarFarneback · Pull Request #38 · GunnarFarneback/LocalRegistry.jl · GitHub](https://github.com/GunnarFarneback/LocalRegistry.jl/pull/38) fails the CI for Windows, but it might be enlightening to see in what way it fails for you.
---
### Author:  [@Impressium](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Impressium)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2021, 2:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/run-git-version-on-windows-errors/62198/14 "2021-06-02T14:29:04Z")
Now I know what’s the issue was. Julia REPL was open, I installed git and tried using it right after. Simple fix: Stop and restart Julia.