what is this "ENOENT at ChildProcess._handle.onexit "error?

[pockybot]

There was an issue while I was in the middle of coding, whenever I would begin a new line of code the text would turn red and not register. So I decided to uninstall phcode and reinstall it, but I was immediately greeted with this error:

Error: Error: Error: spawn /usr/local/bin/git ENOENT
at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:285:19)
at onErrorNT (node:internal/child_process:483:16)
at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:82:21)

Is there any way to fix this? I believe its messing up my code. When I try to live preview it now everything is askew

[abose]

Can you post a screenshot of the error.

Which OS is this.

[pockybot]

Turns out I was able to find out the problem with the code! Here is the error anyways:

I'm on a Macbook pro 2019 (processor is intel)

[charlypa]

@pockybot

Git Error Analysis

Thank you for reporting this issue!

❗ Error Message

Error: spawn /usr/local/bin/git ENOENT

🧠 Root Cause

This error indicates that Phoenix Code tried to launch Git from:

/usr/local/bin/git

But the system returned ENOENT — short for Error NO ENTry — meaning the file or path doesn’t exist. This typically happens in the following situations:

• Git is not installed on the system.
• Git is installed, but not located at /usr/local/bin/git.
• The file at that path is missing, misconfigured, or a broken symlink.

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🔍 How to Check if Git is Installed

Open the Terminal and run:

git --version

• If Git is installed, this command will return the version (e.g., git version 2.x.x).
• If not, macOS may prompt you to install the Xcode Command Line Tools, or you may need to install Git manually.

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Let us know your system configuration (macOS Intel vs Apple Silicon, whether Git was installed via Homebrew or Xcode), and we’ll provide a tailored resolution.

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[pockybot]

I ran it through terminal and the version is 2.48.0. My system is macOS Intel, running on Sequoia 15.2. I believe I did install it with homebrew a while ago, but I cannot remember. Is there anyway I can make certain how I installed it?

[abose]

Quite strange, even if git is not installed, the dialog shouldn't have appeared as Git is not mandatory for phcode to work.

what is the OS version?

[charlypa]

@pockybot
You may copy /usr/local/bin/git to the path to the executable section instead of git which we have right now

[abose]

it looks like phoenix code is already trying to execute the correct git bin at /usr/local/bin/git from the attached git error screen shot.

so im not sure why ENOENT is raised when we try to call git path returned by which. Try the workaround mentioned by @charlypa anyways and see if that helps.

[charlypa]

@pockybot

Can you type git it your terminal and press enter see it it is running?

[pockybot]

You may copy /usr/local/bin/git to the path to the executable section instead of git which we have right now

okay i just did this!

@pockybot

Can you type git it your terminal and press enter see it it is running?

this is what its response was

[charlypa]

@pockybot
It looks like there is a bug in the Phoenix code. We will fix it

[antonot]

It seems that the bug still exists, because I have the same problem.

Checked: git is installed, the path to it is /usr/local/opt/git/bin/git.
The same path is specified in the Phoenix settings.
The command in Terminal

open -a "Phoenix Code"

also did not work.

[abose]

Is it an intel mac or M1 mac. What is the OS version?

[antonot]

Intel, 15.7

[abose]

Seen this issue reported before for intel mac, but i am unable to repro this in m1 macs or intel macs for that matter. Finding it hard to fix this without access to the actual macs with the issue.

[infracritical]

I had experienced the exact same issue with this application, only now to realize that the app was telling me that the evaluation period was over, and was "suggesting" to upgrading to their Pro version.

Thinking that there may have been some behind-the-scence sheenanigans going on, I uninstalled the app, and reloaded a fresh new copy of the app, CE version only. I did some checksum verifications and compared the prior version to the current version, and it did in fact, do some "upgrades"; also checking the OS logs proved that the app did reach out to a cloud-based site for the app itself, and some code was downloaded.

The problem appears to have disappeared altogether; however, just to make certain, I did check where "git" was located. For me, it was loaded under "/usr/bin", and was not installed under "/usr/local/bin". I simply created a symbolic link from "/usr/bin" -> "/usr/local/bin". I don't if it was due to my linking, or if it was due to the reinstallation of the app. As stated earlier, I no longer have the error message (exact one as shown above) popup during initial load.

I am running Sonoma v14.8.2 with the latest patches on a MacBook Pro 2022 with an M2 and 24 GB of RAM. As an active developer of both macOS and LINUX apps, stability is my number one thing. If I want to experiment, I load newer versions of macOS into KVM or something else virtual.

[abose]

The git path resolution of git had some quirks when non default mac os paths were used. we have sinced fixed this with #2662

The fix was merged last month and willbe fixed in the next release.