Git without Admin rights, Windows 10?

Question

Our corporate PCs have git installed which always tries to gain admin access on any git command, Even git --version. This is weird that git is designed that way that it need admin access for any git command.

We have Beyond trust privilege management which keep tracks of any application which tries to take admin access, this process takes a very long time to verify and because of this git works very very slow in all PCs.

Eclipse has its own integrated git which works fast as it doesn't take admin rights to do operations.

Is there a way we can run git without admin rights in Windows 10?

Answer 1

Is there a way we can run git without admin rights in Windows 10?

Not only is it possible, it's perfectly normal.

There is an official Windows installer for git here: https://git-scm.com/download/win The installer requires admin access, but once installed, commands will run as a normal user.

There is also a "portable" version, which is a self-extracting archive that can be extracted to anywhere on your system, so doesn't even need admin permissions to install.

It sounds like your install of git has been installed with some additional permissions set such that only an admin has permission to the executable. That would be something to speak to your system administrator about.

Answer 2

Git can also be installed without admin privilege.

Use the --scope user switch with winget.

winget install --id Git.Git -e --source winget --scope user

Answer 3

I installed Git without admin rights using the Windows Setup from https://git-scm.com/download/win

However, I changed the install location from Program Files to:

C:\Users\<ME>\AppData\Local\Programs\git

I also unchecked the shell integration and file associations, though I do not know if this makes any difference.

I was not asked to elevate during the install.