configuring git p4 on windows

Question

I am trying to configure git p4 on windows. I have installed git bash, python and p4 and am able to access them on cmd prompt. But can't get

git p4

command to work. It throws error -

"fatal: 'p4' appears to be a git command, but we were not able to execute it. Maybe git-p4 is broken?"

Git Installed At - C:\\Git\\bin

Python At- C:\\Python37-32

I have also kept git-p4.py file under git\\bin and under \\git-core. Also, there is a file called git p4 inside the \\git-core foler.

Here are the contents of gitconfig under : C:\\Git\\mingw64\\etc

[http]
    sslCAInfo = C:/Git/mingw64/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt
    sslBackend = openssl
[diff "astextplain"]
    textconv = astextplain
[filter "lfs"]
    clean = git-lfs clean -- %f
    smudge = git-lfs smudge -- %f
    process = git-lfs filter-process
    required = true
[credential]
    helper = manager
[p4]
    p4 = !'C:\\Git\\bin\\git-p4.py'

What's wrong here ?

Answer 1

There were some very fundamental mistakes in what I was doing. If anyone is facing similar issue , please see below comments -

• There are three kinds of gitconfig files. System,global & local. You have to add the above changes to global gitconfig file (.gitconfig) in user directory and not to mingw64\\etc (gitconfig) .

Initialy the global gitconfig file might not be present in user directory.

Run this command in git bash to force it's creation : git config --edit --global

For more information : https://www.theserverside.com/blog/Coffee-Talk-Java-News-Stories-and-Opinions/Where-system-global-and-local-Windows-Git-config-files-are-saved

Then, add this to .gitconfig file. ( I was doing [P4] instead of [alias] )

[alias]
    p4 = !'C:\\Git\\bin\\git-p4.py'

Make sure you are able to run python & p4 command from git bash.

refer this if you face any issue with python : Python not working in the command line of git bash