npm install git in VSCode-CodePudding

Just ran npm install git in VSCode terminal and ran git --versionwith this response:

git : The term 'git' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try 
again.
At line:1 char:1
  git --version
  ~~~
      CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (git:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
      FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

Had already restarted after installing Node.js and git install. Please help getting git to work inside VSCode.

CodePudding user response：

npm install git doesn't install git (i.e. the command line tool to manipulate git repositories).

It installs the npm package called git which seems to be a JavaScript library to interact with git repositories (which makes the name accurate, but still misleading).

npm is not a general-purpose package manager.

CodePudding user response：

Try installing git global with -g

npm install -g git

Or just install git with the official documentation https://git-scm.com/downloads