[COOK-3482] Add git to the PATH for the current chef-client run on Wi…

…ndows The windows_path resource doesn't change the current process' environment variables. Therefore, git won't actually be on the PATH until the next chef-client run. By directly modifying ENV, we allow git to be on the PATH during this chef-client run. Signed-off-by: Seth Vargo <[email protected]>
sous-chefs · Oct 1, 2013 · 5b60899 · 5b60899
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diff --git a/recipes/windows.rb b/recipes/windows.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,12 @@
 # Git is installed to Program Files (x86) on 64-bit machines and
 # 'Program Files' on 32-bit machines
 PROGRAM_FILES = ENV['ProgramFiles(x86)'] || ENV['ProgramFiles']
+GIT_PATH = ";#{ PROGRAM_FILES }\\Git\\Cmd"
 
-windows_path "#{ PROGRAM_FILES }\\Git\\Cmd" do
+# COOK-3482 - windows_path resource doesn't change the current process
+# environment variables. Therefore, git won't actually be on the PATH
+# until the next chef-client run
+ENV['PATH'] += ";#{GIT_PATH}"
+windows_path GIT_PATH do
   action :add
 end