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From: Mike Hommey <mh@glandium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] allow git to use the PATH for finding subcommands and
	help docs
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:48:16 +0200
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On Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 04:27:39PM +0200, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> While reading this, I have to wonder why it is not just simpler to try 
> with builtin_exec_path first, and if that fails, just let exec() find the 
> program in the PATH?

Why not try the directory where the git executable is, too ?

Mike