# [PATCH QGit] Don't hardcode GIT_EXEC_DIR for Windows so much

1 messages from 2009-04-18 to 2009-04-18. Participants: Markus Heidelberg.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/18936

## Markus Heidelberg, 2009-04-18 15:04

Subject: [PATCH QGit] Don't hardcode GIT_EXEC_DIR for Windows so much
Message-ID: <1240067079-31358-1-git-send-email-markus.heidelberg@web.de>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1240067079-31358-1-git-send-email-markus.heidelberg%40web.de

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Use the environment variable %ProgramFiles% which points to the right
program installation directory, regardless of your system locale.

Also escape the backslash to play it safe.

Signed-off-by: Markus Heidelberg <markus.heidelberg@web.de>
---
 src/src.pro |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/src.pro b/src/src.pro
index 810db28..619a9a8 100644
--- a/src/src.pro
+++ b/src/src.pro
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Under Windows launch script start_qgit.bat needs the
 # value GIT_EXEC_DIR to be set to the git bin directory
-GIT_EXEC_DIR = "C:\Program Files\Git\bin"
+GIT_EXEC_DIR = "$(ProgramFiles)\\Git\\bin"
 
 # Under Windows uncomment following line to enable console messages
 #CONFIG += ENABLE_CONSOLE_MSG
-- 
1.6.3.rc0.77.g079dc

```