Although a .git folder is present in the directory, there is not git info being shown

This is due to a few commands in the file helpers.lua. In windows "2>/dev/null" is not a valid command (path is invalid). A temporary fix if powershell is used is to use "2>$null" instead.
[with the temporary fix]

There should be a way to check if one is using unix or windows to change that command input appropriately.