Git flow command error: 'flow' is not a git command

Question

I am very new to Git and am starting to learn the command line version. I believe my git flow is not installed correctly. I am running this from a pc.

When i run following command:

git flow feature start JamesTest

I get the following error:

git: 'flow' is not a git command. See 'git --help'
Did you mean any of these?

Looks like the git flow command is not being recognized from all paths? How do I fix this?

Solution 1

The git flow is not installed in your machine. Just run this command,

macOS:

$ brew install git-flow-avh

Linux:

$ apt-get install git-flow

Windows:

$ wget -q -O - --no-check-certificate https://raw.github.com/petervanderdoes/gitflow-avh/develop/contrib/gitflow-installer.sh install stable | bash

Source git-flow cheatsheet by Daniel Kummer

After successful installation run git flow init in your project and then follow the instructions to configure the git flow.

Solution 2

Git is installed but Gitflow is not. Gitflow is a Git extension and has to be installed separately.

Install it as described on GitHub and you should be fine ;)

Solution 3

If you want to install Git Flow on Windows, do as follows (based on this instructions)

1. Clone the git flow repository

   git clone --recursive git://github.com/nvie/gitflow.git
   

2. Download the getopt archive and extract the getopt.exe file to the location where Git executable is installed (something like C:\Programs\Git\bin)

3. Execute the following command, where the argument is the Git path installation (again, something like C:\Programs\Git). You don't need to specify the bin directory here.

   contrib\msysgit-install.cmd "C:\Programs\Git"
   

And that's it. Check that all is working using the command git flow

Comments

[Daniel Tonon]

Thanks, this is a much simpler set of instructions than the instructions in Lubos other answer :)

[Saitama]

Any difference between brew install git-flow-avh and brew install git-flow?