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Git on Windows 7/8/8.1 Pre-requisites :  You must have  git  installed on your machine. I am taking Git installation as "C:\Program Files (x86)\Git"(you may have a different one). Steps : Right Click on  My Computer  ->  Properties Click  Advanced System Settings  link Click  Environment Variables  at the bottom of the window Add a new system variable with name  PROGRAMFILES(x86)  and value as 'C:\Program Files (x86);' and hit OK button Now, you have new System Variable added Find the system variable Path and click Edit button Add : %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Git\bin;%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Git\cmd at the end of the value( don't remove existing values ) and click OK Exit the PowerShell or cmd if you have it running and restart or if not, then start a new instance. Now test if using git --version  in PowerShell. If you get the version then its good else you need to trace the issue in the steps you follow...

A very good post helped me in fixing issue with json : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21913955/json-post-request-for-boolean-field-sends-false-by-default Take : Make use you are using @JsonProperty on the setter method of your POJO as Jackson Fasterxml uses setter to determine the json fields