Portable Git in Node.js command prompt on Windows

instructions.md

GitHub for Windows doesn't put Git in the PATH by default. If you'd like your Node.js command prompt to have the git command available by default, simply edit your nodevars.bat file. By default, this is in C:\Program Files\nodejs\. You will have to run your text editor in an administrative context for this to work.

Replace this line in your nodevars.bat file:

set PATH=%APPDATA%\npm;%~dp0;%PATH%

With these thre lines:

for /F %%A in ('"dir /s /b /OD %userprofile%\appdata\local\git.exe"') do set gitPath=%%A\..
IF NOT EXIST "%gitPath%\git.exe" SET gitPath=%gitPath%\..\cmd
set PATH=%APPDATA%\npm;%~dp0;%PATH%;%gitPath%

That will set a variable called %gitPath% with the location of git.exe, and then append it at the end of your path in the Node.js command prompt. Because of the /OD switch, it will use the version of Portable Git whose folder has the latest modified date. If Portable Git is not found, you will get a harmless extra ; in the %path%.

new code

for /F %%A in ('"dir /s /b /OD %userprofile%\appdata\local\git.exe"') do set gitPath=%%A\..
IF NOT EXIST "%gitPath%\git.exe" SET gitPath=%gitPath%\..\cmd
set PATH=%APPDATA%\npm;%~dp0;%PATH%;%gitPath%

old code

set PATH=%APPDATA%\npm;%~dp0;%PATH%

Updated March 2016 due to change in GitHub for Windows to store git.exe under cmd subfolder.

Updated April 2018 due to GitHub Desktop putting git in different spot again.