Re: how to detect git.exe directory?

From: Marco Costalba <mcostalba-re5jqeeqqe8avxtiumwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Date: Dec 23, 2007, 16:53 UTC
Message-ID: <e5bfff550712230853u1bc0160ap936c2d0a6fe0203b@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <200712231735.00336.johannes.sixt-dl2ejS2iUSazZXS1Dc/lvw@public.gmane.org>

On Dec 23, 2007 5:35 PM, Johannes Sixt <johannes.sixt-dl2ejS2iUSazZXS1Dc/lvw@public.gmane.org> wrote:

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> On Sunday 23 December 2007 17:25, Marco Costalba wrote:
> > To easy the user and allowing to call qgit.exe double clicking on a
> > nice desktop icon I need a way to know where git.exe is installed *at
> > runtime*.
> >
> > So my question is: "What is the preferred way to detect git directory
> > at runtime for msysgit files?"
> >
> > - environment variable ??
> >
> > - windows registry ??
> >
> > - others ?
>
> Running
>
>         git --exec-path
>
> should get you close to it. But I have to question why you need that path.
>

What I'm looking for is git.exe itself. If I run "git --exec-path" I get something along the lines "git executable not found..."

I don't use dashed command inside qgit, so I run "git log ..." not "git-log ...", but the git.exe should be known to qgit or in path.

Hope it's clear.

Thanks Marco