Git for Windows - The Program can't start because libiconv2.dll is missing

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When I attempt to run certain commands (like git push, for example) from a git Bash on Windows 7 (64bit) I get the error:

The program can't start because libiconv2.dll is missing from your computer

I have searched exhaustively for a solution to this.
The most I can find is an issue thread at the google code site (Issue 419) and a few other blogs here and there. As far as I can tell none of the suggestions offered in the posts will actually solve my issue.

I have tried re-installing. I have tried adding $GIT/bin to the PATH.
I can verify that the dll is in the $GIT/bin directory...but still I cannot push to remote.

I have a working install of msysgit on another Windows 7 box, and I installed the same way in both situations... so needless to say I am quite confused.

Any help on this would be most appreciated.

Thanks,

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25 Answers

I just tried installing SmartGIT on Windows and facing the same problem. I just figure out that it works not by pointing it to git.exe, instead I pointed it to C:\msysgit\cmd\git.cmd. So far it works just fine. I can access the git repository under msysgit.

FYI, I'm using the Net installer for Windows.

Hoping that this is the right approach.

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I originally tried to solve this problem by copying the dll as mentioned here but soon ran into other problems. For me the real solution was to set the path in my .bashrc file for msys to prioritize the msys binaries.

Open the msys shell and the following line in ~/.bashrc:

export PATH=/usr/local/bin:/mingw/bin:/bin:$PATH

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