WSL Git not working with PHPStorm 2024.1

Hi,

Apparently, you are experiencing the following issue:
https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-350185/Cannot-identify-version-of-git-executable-no-response-on-start-up

Please try a workaround from this comment:
https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-350185/Cannot-identify-version-of-git-executable-no-response-on-start-up#focus=Comments-27-9662640.0-0

Just in case, I will quote add it here as well:

- Open built-in IDE registry (Help > Find Action > “Registry”);

- Untick wsl.use.remote.agent.for.launch.processes option;

- Restart the IDE.

That seems to have fixed the problem. 

Thank you!

I had a similar problem.

The first few days it was just really slow and I managed by invalidating the cache (maybe just restarting was enough, who knows now).

But today it was stuck to `updating` under the `local changes` tab and I couldn't use git at all under phpstorm (I usually use it only to check the changes I made, I do everything else in the terminal).

Unticking wsl.use.remote.agent.for.launch.processes solved the problem.

Hi There I have a problem with using git on phpStorm and here is the error :

Error updating changes: detected dubious ownership in repository at '//wsl.localhost/Ubuntu/home/user/project/MainProject' To add an exception for this directory, call:  git config --global --add safe.directory '%(prefix)///wsl.localhost/Ubuntu/home/user/project/MainProject'

I added this peoject to safe.directory  but nothing happend . but I can use git on terminal and Vscode.

It seems that phpstorm is detecting another git config. 

Can you run this command inside phpstorm terminal and check? 

I ran it but still error exist and I cant use phpStorm version control

Can you run which git in the terminal please and check is it the same as Settings | Version Control | Git? 

which git path is usr/bin/git but in  PhpStrom settings its auto detect from C://Programfile/……..
and when I set it to //wsl.localhost/Ubuntu/usr/bin/git wsl and git not found.
 

Which ide version are you using?

Does restarting WSL help? 

We have the same problem with dubious repo since upgrading to Win11. It workes fine with Win10.

Did put safe at here and in any git config we could find:
 git config --global --add safe.directory '%(prefix)///wsl.localhost/Ubuntu/home/user/project/MainProject'
The only difference between Win10 and and 11 we can see is the project path.

In Win 10 it is \\wsl$\Ubuntu\home\user\source\code and in Win11 it seems to be \\wsl.localhost\Ubuntu and so on

Eckbert Dollhofer Hi, did you try solutions above?

Can you please share zipped logs via https://uploads.jetbrains.com/