Please clarify that you need a local installation of git for the addons to work

How are you using the lua-language-server?

Visual Studio Code Extension (sumneko.lua)

Which OS are you using?

Windows

What is the issue affecting?

Libraries

Expected Behaviour

I expected the extension to work out of the box or have a a set up guide.

Actual Behaviour

Currently on windows the addon manager throws an uncaught spawn git ENOENT without any details. I had to go back through the logs to figure it out, that I need a local git installation.

Reproduction steps

1. Install Visual Studio on a fresh windows machine
2. Install the lua lls extension
3. Try to open the addon manager
4. Get the spawn git ENOENT error with the trimmed logs

Additional Notes

It would be enough to include a section in the documentation, or handle this error.

Log File

I'm including the extension log as this is a dependency issue with simple-git

exthost.log

The relevant line is line 322.

Commencez par le gestionnaire de modules complémentaires de VS Code et par l’échec de simple-git décrit à la ligne 322 du journal joint. Reproduisez l’installation sur un Windows fraîchement installé, puis vérifiez que le prérequis Git local est documenté ou que l’exécutable manquant produit une erreur gérée utile au lieu d’un spawn git ENOENT non intercepté.