GKE cluster using gitbash tool - python-2.7

Question

I have my python3.7 installed on following path on my windows - C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Python 3.7
I am trying to connect GCP GKE cluster using GitBash and when i run below gcloud command to connect GKE cluster i am getting an python not found error.
$ gcloud container clusters get-credentials appcluster --region us-east4 --project dev /c/Users/surendar/AppData/Local/Google/Cloud SDK/google-cloud-sdk/bin/gcloud: line 181: exec: python: not found
Any suggestion's please to resolve the error?
Below is the Google/Cloud SDK/google-cloud-sdk/bin/gcloud file
181 line points to below declaration which is last line of the file
exec "$CLOUDSDK_PYTHON" $CLOUDSDK_PYTHON_ARGS "${CLOUDSDK_ROOT_DIR}/lib/gcloud.py
# Copyright 2013 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
#
# <cloud-sdk-sh-preamble>
#
# CLOUDSDK_ROOT_DIR (a) installation root dir
# CLOUDSDK_PYTHON (u) python interpreter path
# CLOUDSDK_GSUTIL_PYTHON (u) python interpreter path for gsutil
# CLOUDSDK_PYTHON_ARGS (u) python interpreter arguments
# CLOUDSDK_PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES (u) use python site packages
# CLOUDSDK_BQ_PYTHON (u) python interpreter for bq
# CLOUDSDK_ENCODING (u) python io encoding for gcloud
#
# (a) always defined by the preamble
# (u) user definition overrides preamble
# Wrapper around 'which' and 'command -v', tries which first, then falls back
# to command -v
_cloudsdk_which() {
which "$1" 2>/dev/null || command -v "$1" 2>/dev/null
}
# Check whether passed in python command reports major version 3.
_is_python3() {
echo "$("$1" -V 2>&1)" | grep -E "Python 3" > /dev/null
}
# For Python 3, gsutil requires Python 3.5+.
_py3_interpreter_compat_with_gsutil () {
# Some environments (e.g. macOS) don't support grep -P, so we use grep -E.
echo "$("$1" -V 2>&1)" | grep -E "Python 3[.]([5-9]|[1-9][0-9])" > /dev/null
}
order_python() {
selected_version=""
for python_version in "$#"
do
if [ -z "$selected_version" ]; then
if _cloudsdk_which $python_version > /dev/null && "$python_version" -c "import sys; print(sys.version)" > /dev/null; then
selected_version=$python_version
fi
fi
done
if [ -z "$selected_version" ]; then
selected_version=python
fi
echo $selected_version
}
# Determines the real cloud sdk root dir given the script path.
# Would be easier with a portable "readlink -f".
_cloudsdk_root_dir() {
case $1 in
/*) _cloudsdk_path=$1
;;
*/*) _cloudsdk_path=$PWD/$1
;;
*) _cloudsdk_path=$(_cloudsdk_which $1)
case $_cloudsdk_path in
/*) ;;
*) _cloudsdk_path=$PWD/$_cloudsdk_path ;;
esac
;;
esac
_cloudsdk_dir=0
while :
do
while _cloudsdk_link=$(readlink "$_cloudsdk_path")
do
case $_cloudsdk_link in
/*) _cloudsdk_path=$_cloudsdk_link ;;
*) _cloudsdk_path=$(dirname "$_cloudsdk_path")/$_cloudsdk_link ;;
esac
done
case $_cloudsdk_dir in
1) break ;;
esac
if [ -d "${_cloudsdk_path}" ]; then
break
fi
_cloudsdk_dir=1
_cloudsdk_path=$(dirname "$_cloudsdk_path")
done
while :
do case $_cloudsdk_path in
*/) _cloudsdk_path=$(dirname "$_cloudsdk_path/.")
;;
*/.) _cloudsdk_path=$(dirname "$_cloudsdk_path")
;;
*/bin) dirname "$_cloudsdk_path"
break
;;
*) echo "$_cloudsdk_path"
break
;;
esac
done
}
CLOUDSDK_ROOT_DIR=$(_cloudsdk_root_dir "$0")
setup_cloudsdk_python() {
# if $CLOUDSDK_PYTHON is not set, look for bundled python else
# prefer python3 over python2
if [ -z "$CLOUDSDK_PYTHON" ]; then
# Is bundled python present?
if [ -x "$CLOUDSDK_ROOT_DIR/platform/bundledpythonunix/bin/python3" ];
then
CLOUDSDK_PYTHON="$CLOUDSDK_ROOT_DIR/platform/bundledpythonunix/bin/python3"
CLOUDSDK_PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES=1
else
CLOUDSDK_PYTHON=$(order_python python3 python2 python2.7 python)
fi
fi
}
setup_cloudsdk_python
# $PYTHONHOME can interfere with gcloud. Users should use
# CLOUDSDK_PYTHON to configure which python gcloud uses.
unset PYTHONHOME
# if CLOUDSDK_PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES and VIRTUAL_ENV are empty
case :$CLOUDSDK_PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES:$VIRTUAL_ENV: in
:::) # add -S to CLOUDSDK_PYTHON_ARGS if not already there
case " $CLOUDSDK_PYTHON_ARGS " in
*" -S "*) ;;
" ") CLOUDSDK_PYTHON_ARGS="-S"
;;
*) CLOUDSDK_PYTHON_ARGS="$CLOUDSDK_PYTHON_ARGS -S"
;;
esac
unset CLOUDSDK_PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES
;;
*) # remove -S from CLOUDSDK_PYTHON_ARGS if already there
while :; do
case " $CLOUDSDK_PYTHON_ARGS " in
*" -S "*) CLOUDSDK_PYTHON_ARGS=${CLOUDSDK_PYTHON_ARGS%%-S*}' '${CLOUDSDK_PYTHON_ARGS#*-S} ;;
*) break ;;
esac
done
# if CLOUDSDK_PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES is empty
[ -z "$CLOUDSDK_PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES" ] &&
CLOUDSDK_PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES=1
export CLOUDSDK_PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES
;;
esac
# Allow users to set the Python interpreter used to launch gsutil, falling
# back to the CLOUDSDK_PYTHON interpreter otherwise.
if [ -z "$CLOUDSDK_GSUTIL_PYTHON" ]; then
CLOUDSDK_GSUTIL_PYTHON="$CLOUDSDK_PYTHON"
fi
if [ -z "$CLOUDSDK_BQ_PYTHON" ]; then
CLOUDSDK_BQ_PYTHON="$CLOUDSDK_PYTHON"
fi
if [ -z "$CLOUDSDK_ENCODING" ]; then
if [ -z "$PYTHONIOENCODING" ]; then
CLOUDSDK_ENCODING=UTF-8
else
CLOUDSDK_ENCODING="$PYTHONIOENCODING"
fi
fi
export CLOUDSDK_ROOT_DIR
export CLOUDSDK_PYTHON_ARGS
export CLOUDSDK_GSUTIL_PYTHON
export CLOUDSDK_BQ_PYTHON
export CLOUDSDK_ENCODING
export PYTHONIOENCODING="$CLOUDSDK_ENCODING"
case $HOSTNAME in
*.corp.google.com|*.c.googlers.com) export CLOUDSDK_GOOGLE_AUTH_IS_GOOGLE_DOMAIN=true;;
esac
# </cloud-sdk-sh-preamble>
exec "$CLOUDSDK_PYTHON" $CLOUDSDK_PYTHON_ARGS "${CLOUDSDK_ROOT_DIR}/lib/gcloud.py"** "$#"```

Answer 1

You will need to point the environment variable CLOUDSDK_PYTHON at your Python executable (e.g. python.exe). To find the Python executable, you should be able to right-click on "Python 3.7" in the start menu and look at "Target".
In my case, the Python executable is located at C:\Users\g_r_s\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\python.exe
Using Git Bash, you can export CLOUDSDK_PYTHON
$ export CLOUDSDK_PYTHON=/c/Users/g_r_s/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python37/python.exe
$ gcloud version
Google Cloud SDK 344.0.0
beta 2021.06.04
bq 2.0.69
core 2021.06.04
gsutil 4.62
NOTE: You can also try installing the bundled Python when you install the SDK on Windows as well.