django not able to find git - django

Question

I'm trying to get Django development started on my Windows 7 partition and I'm finding that whenever I run a Django command I get:
'git' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
Often 3-4 times in a row but then the command seems to execute fine. While it doesn't seem to be affecting the execution of the commands, I don't like having errors thrown every time I do something, makes me nervous (and there's very possibly something I'm missing that's going wrong). I tried adding git to my environment variables but it didn't seem to work, here is the current PATH value.
;C:\Chocolatey\bin;C:\tools\mysql\current\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin
Any additional suggestions to try are welcome. I'm using Windows 7 and the most recent version of Python, Django, and Git (just downloaded them today).
EDIT: I ran the commands again in response to some of your comments (thanks for those btw). Here's the output to python manage.py runserver
fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\django\db\backends\mysql\base.py", line 14, in
import MySQLdb as Database
ImportError: No module named 'MySQLdb'
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "manage.py", line 10, in <module>
execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py", line 416, in execute_from_command_line
utility.execute()
File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py", line 408, in execute
self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\base.py", line 244, in run_from_argv
self.execute(*args, **options.__dict__)
File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\base.py", line 286, in execute
translation.activate('en-us')
File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\django\utils\translation\__init__.py", line 142, in activate
return _trans.activate(language)
File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\django\utils\translation\trans_real.py", line 218, in activate
_active.value = translation(language)
File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\django\utils\translation\trans_real.py", line 201, in translation
default_translation = _fetch(settings.LANGUAGE_CODE)
File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\django\utils\translation\trans_real.py", line 183, in _fetch
app = import_module(appname)
File "C:\Python33\lib\importlib\__init__.py", line 90, in import_module
return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1586, in _gcd_import
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1567, in _find_and_load
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1534, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 586, in _check_name_wrapper
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1024, in load_module
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1005, in load_module
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 562, in module_for_loader_wrapper
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 870, in _load_module
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 313, in _call_with_frames_removed
File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\django\contrib\admin\__init__.py", line 7, in <module>
from django.contrib.admin.sites import AdminSite, site
File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\django\contrib\admin\sites.py", line 4, in <module>
from django.contrib.admin.forms import AdminAuthenticationForm
File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\django\contrib\admin\forms.py", line 6, in <module>
from django.contrib.auth.forms import AuthenticationForm
File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\django\contrib\auth\forms.py", line 16, in <module>
from django.contrib.auth.models import User
File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\django\contrib\auth\models.py", line 40, in <module>
class Permission(models.Model):
File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\django\db\models\base.py", line 108, in __new__
new_class.add_to_class('_meta', Options(meta, **kwargs))
File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\django\db\models\base.py", line 291, in add_to_class
value.contribute_to_class(cls, name)
File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\django\db\models\options.py", line 141, in contribute_to_class
self.db_table = truncate_name(self.db_table, connection.ops.max_name_length())
File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\django\db\__init__.py", line 39, in __getattr__
return getattr(connections[DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS], item)
File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\django\db\utils.py", line 192, in __getitem__
backend = load_backend(db['ENGINE'])
File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\django\db\utils.py", line 107, in load_backend
return import_module('%s.base' % backend_name)
File "C:\Python33\lib\importlib\__init__.py", line 90, in import_module
return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\django\db\backends\mysql\base.py", line 17, in <module>
raise ImproperlyConfigured("Error loading MySQLdb module: %s" % e)
django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Error loading MySQLdb module: No module named 'MySQLdb'
And here's the output to python manage.py syncdb
fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\django\db\backends\mysql\base.py", line 14, in <module>
import MySQLdb as Database
ImportError: No module named 'MySQLdb'
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "manage.py", line 10, in <module>
execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py", line 416, in execute_from_command_line
utility.execute()
File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py", line 408, in execute
self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\base.py", line 244, in run_from_argv
self.execute(*args, **options.__dict__)
File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\base.py", line 286, in execute
translation.activate('en-us')
File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\django\utils\translation\__init__.py", line 142, in activate
return _trans.activate(language)
File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\django\utils\translation\trans_real.py", line 218, in activate
_active.value = translation(language)
File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\django\utils\translation\trans_real.py", line 201, in translation
default_translation = _fetch(settings.LANGUAGE_CODE)
File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\django\utils\translation\trans_real.py", line 183, in _fetch
app = import_module(appname)
File "C:\Python33\lib\importlib\__init__.py", line 90, in import_module
return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1586, in _gcd_import
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1567, in _find_and_load
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1534, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 586, in _check_name_wrapper
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1024, in load_module
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1005, in load_module
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 562, in module_for_loader_wrapper
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 870, in _load_module
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 313, in _call_with_frames_removed
File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\django\contrib\admin\__init__.py", line 7, in <module>
from django.contrib.admin.sites import AdminSite, site
File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\django\contrib\admin\sites.py", line 4, in <module>
from django.contrib.admin.forms import AdminAuthenticationForm
File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\django\contrib\admin\forms.py", line 6, in <module>
from django.contrib.auth.forms import AuthenticationForm
File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\django\contrib\auth\forms.py", line 16, in <module>
from django.contrib.auth.models import User
File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\django\contrib\auth\models.py", line 40, in <module>
class Permission(models.Model):
File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\django\db\models\base.py", line 108, in __new__
new_class.add_to_class('_meta', Options(meta, **kwargs))
File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\django\db\models\base.py", line 291, in add_to_class
value.contribute_to_class(cls, name)
File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\django\db\models\options.py", line 141, in contribute_to_class
self.db_table = truncate_name(self.db_table, connection.ops.max_name_length())
File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\django\db\__init__.py", line 39, in __getattr__
return getattr(connections[DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS], item)
File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\django\db\utils.py", line 192, in __getitem__
backend = load_backend(db['ENGINE'])
File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\django\db\utils.py", line 107, in load_backend
return import_module('%s.base' % backend_name)
File "C:\Python33\lib\importlib\__init__.py", line 90, in import_module
return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\django\db\backends\mysql\base.py", line 17, in <module>
raise ImproperlyConfigured("Error loading MySQLdb module: %s" % e)
django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Error loading MySQLdb module: No module named 'MySQLdb'
Seems to be a result of missing MySQLdb. Does anyone have a link to this module? I can't find anything on Pypi called this exactly, I'm not sure which one it's looking for.

Answer 1

is it possible that you overwrote your "manage.py" with something which tries to start git? Your manage.py should look like this:
#!/usr/bin/env python
import os
import sys
if __name__ == "__main__":
os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "yourapp.settings")
from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
Or do you have a "git" commant in your settings.py?
EDIT after your error logs:
Did you install the MySQL-python package (see docs at https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/install/#get-your-database-running) AND MySQLdb (see https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/databases/#mysqldb)? Both are required when using MySQL.
If yes, do you get the same results when switching to a sqlite database?