petdance/scratch — Issue #432: .git doesn't imply git executable
Author: petdance
Created: 2011-11-01 05:42:19+00:00
State: open
Labels: bug, build, Pri-normal, Sev-medium

On windows, I have "git bash" and "visual studio command shell", and they're separate. When I run 'nmake smoke' (et al.), it's complaining that
{{{
'git' is not recognized as an internal....
}}}

So, while -d .git is an easy check, we can't assume that is sufficient to be able to run `git`.

Originally http://trac.parrot.org/parrot/ticket/2160