[PATCH v2] doc: add information regarding external commands

["Omri Sarig via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>]

From: Omri Sarig <omri.sarig13@gmail.com>

Git supports running external commands in the user's PATH as if they
were built-in commands (see execv_dashed_external in git.c).

This feature was not fully documented in Git's user-facing
documentation.
This commit adds a short documentation of this feature, making it easier
for users to discover and use.

Signed-off-by: Omri Sarig <omri.sarig13@gmail.com>
---
    doc: Add information regarding external commands

Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-2220%2Fomrisarig13%2Fexternal-commands-documentation-v2
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-2220/omrisarig13/external-commands-documentation-v2
Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/2220

Range-diff vs v1:

 1:  b7e2b586c1 < -:  ---------- doc: add information regarding external commands
 -:  ---------- > 1:  02841b66ea doc: add information regarding external commands


 Documentation/git.adoc | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/git.adoc b/Documentation/git.adoc
index ce099e78b8..8bb3cb53f5 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git.adoc
@@ -487,6 +487,13 @@ System
 	`$HOMEDRIVE$HOMEPATH` if both `$HOMEDRIVE` and `$HOMEPATH` exist;
 	otherwise `$USERPROFILE` if `$USERPROFILE` exists.
 
+`PATH`::
+	When a user runs 'git <command>' that is not part of the core Git programs
+	(installed in GIT_EXEC_PATH), 'git-<command>' that is runnable by the user
+	in a directory on `$PATH` is invoked. Argument passed after the command
+    name are passed as-is to the runnable program. These commands precedes
+	alias expansion.
+
 The Git Repository
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 These environment variables apply to 'all' core Git commands. Nb: it

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