Error: Bower ENOGIT Git is not installed or not in the PATH

Pre-Step:

Git For Windows should be installed on your machine, and make sure you have information about installation path of Git. By default selected paths are (C:\Program Files\Git or C:\Program Files (x86)\Git)

 

Now you need to register Git in the windows environment variable ecosystem.

Step 1:

Using My Computer or Windows Explorer(explorer.exe), right click on My Computer and select Properties.

Step 2:

From the left pane, select Advanced System Settings option.

Step 3:

In Advanced Tab, Select Environment Variables button from the bottom of the window.

Step 4:

From System Variables, try to find Path variable and then click on edit to add Git to it.

Step 5:

For Windows 10:

Add reference of Git CMD and Binary to Path Variable as two separate values

%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Git\bin
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Git\cmd

For Win 7/8:

Add reference of Git CMD and Binary to Path Variable at the end of the string like this:

;%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Git\bin;%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Git\cmd

Step 6:

Now Restart CMD/PowerShell after Path variable update

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Voila, type git in CMD/Powershell and now make sure that it recognize the command.

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