Hi, I have Platformio core 5.0.2 installed. I tried to reference github libraries in platformio.ini in different ways. I always get the following UserSideException during compiling. Library Manager: Installing git+https://github.com/adlerweb/MCP23S17 UserSideException: Please install Git client…

The path modification didn’t help. The reinstallation of platformio helped. It recognizes the command after that with “git --version” and returns “git version 2.29.2.windows.2”. I reset the path to “” again and it still finds git. So the path wasn’t the cause obviously. I finds the libraries and…

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maxgerhardt November 8, 2020, 2:52pm 12

My guess is that PlatformIO checks for the git executable path only at installation time once; this would explain why a re-install helps to suddenly find git again. Maybe @ivankravets can cross-check this.