Bug: sam init - OSError

[M56413893478]

Description:

"SamCliError: Cannot find git, was looking at executables: ['git', 'git.cmd', 'git.exe', 'git.bat'] [SamCliFailed]"

Steps to reproduce:

Create Lambda app from command palette.

Observed result:

Expected result:

Hello World template.

Additional environment details (Ex: Windows, Mac, Amazon Linux etc)

1. OS: Windows
2. sam --version: 1.97.0
3. AWS region: us-east-1

# Paste the output of `sam --info` here

SAM CLI failed (exitcode: 1, expected 0):
Add --debug flag to command you are running

[mndeveci]

Hi there,

sam init requires Git (https://git-scm.com/) and it looks like it is not available on your machine. Installing Git should resolve this issue, please follow guidelines about how to install Git for your operating system & environment.

Please let us know if you have further questions.

[hnnasit]

Closing this issue as the PR for gracefully handling the error has been released. Feel free to open a new issue if you are still having issues or have any questions.

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