[GH-ISSUE #422] Claude fails to launch or read files after placing git-ai path at the beginning of PATH on Windows #155

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opened 2026-03-02 04:12:21 +03:00 by kerem · 1 comment

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Originally created by @xyj777 on GitHub (Jan 29, 2026).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/git-ai-project/git-ai/issues/422

Hi, I have a question. I originally had Git installed, and its path was already added to the system PATH. After installing git-ai, I put C:\Users\XYJ.git-ai\bin at the very beginning of the PATH. After that, Claude could not be launched, and even when it did open, it couldn’t open or read files. The original Git path in the PATH was D:\git\Git\Git\cmd. Once I restored it, Claude worked normally again.

Originally created by @xyj777 on GitHub (Jan 29, 2026). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/git-ai-project/git-ai/issues/422 Hi, I have a question. I originally had Git installed, and its path was already added to the system PATH. After installing git-ai, I put C:\Users\XYJ\.git-ai\bin at the very beginning of the PATH. After that, Claude could not be launched, and even when it did open, it couldn’t open or read files. The original Git path in the PATH was D:\git\Git\Git\cmd. Once I restored it, Claude worked normally again.

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@svarlamov commented on GitHub (Jan 29, 2026):

Sorry to hear you're running into this! Do you see anything if you run claude --debug --verbose?

@svarlamov commented on GitHub (Jan 29, 2026): Sorry to hear you're running into this! Do you see anything if you run `claude --debug --verbose`?

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[PR #155] [MERGED] retain all prompts (even if their edits didnt land) in authorship log #296