How do you use git from WSL in RubyMine?

874 views Asked by At

I'm experimenting with the new Windows Subsystem for Linux as a way to develop Rails applications in Windows. I have WSL installed and I have git in it but how do I use that git from a Windows GUI application, specifically, RubyMine:

enter image description here

1

There are 1 answers

4
VonC On BEST ANSWER

I have WSL installed and I have git in it but how do I use that git from a Windows GUI application, specifically, RubyMine

You don't: from a Windows GUI application, you use Git for Windows (Portable edition) that you can unzip anywhere you want.

Your Git in the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) can access any file that your Git in Windows can, through /mnt/C.
Both Gits can co-exist and manage the same Git repo.