Use git installed in Windows Subsystem for Linux in VSCode

Question

I installed git through WSL2:

Arch Linux on Windows 10 x86_64 with 4.19.84-microsoft-standard
 $ which git
/usr/sbin/git

From cmd I can either use git via wsl.exe git ... or via a batch file I made to access wsl programs:

 > wsl git status
On branch next
...
 > git.bat status
On branch next
...

However git does not work:

Looking for git in: C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\git.exe
Looking for git in: C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\cmd\git.exe
Looking for git in: C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\git.exe
Looking for git in: C:\Users\x\AppData\Local\Programs\Git\cmd\git.exe
Git installation not found.

What I tried so far:

• I moved my git.bat to C:\Users\x\AppData\Local\Programs\Git\cmd\git.bat

• I put an explicit git path in the settings json:

  { "git.enabled": true, "git.path": "C:\Windows\System32\wsl.exe git", // ... }

Which does not work either:

Looking for git in: C:\Windows\System32\wsl.exe git
Looking for git in: C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\git.exe
Looking for git in: C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\cmd\git.exe
Looking for git in: C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\git.exe
Looking for git in: C:\Users\x\AppData\Local\Programs\Git\cmd\git.exe
Git installation not found.

What can I do if I don't want to install git for Windows?

Answer 1

Fixed it using

• VSCode: use WSL Git instead of Git for Windows
• https://github.com/andy-5/wslgit