In Visual Studio 2019, is there any Macros (the ones with name $()) to call git in the Command Line of the Custom Build Tool?

Question

I have a Custom Build Tool and I would like to call git from its Command Line.

I mean git included with Visual Studio installation, for example on my computer its path is the following:

c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Professional\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\TeamFoundation\Team Explorer\Git\cmd

Is there any Macros (the ones with name $()) that gives me the right path to git? I would prefer to use a macro instead of hard coding the path.

If git is in your path could it work from any location? – tymtam Nov 05 '19 at 11:32 — tymtam, Nov 05 '19 at 11:32
@tymtam Yes, that is what I am currently doing. – Alessandro Jacopson Nov 05 '19 at 12:24 — Alessandro Jacopson, Nov 05 '19 at 12:24

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 05 '19 at 11:33

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Only $(DevEnvDir).

But you can follow with a relative path to build what you want. Something likeL

"$(DevEnvDir)CommonExtensions\Microsoft\TeamFoundation\Team Explorer\Git\cmd\git.exe"

(The quotes are needed because this is passed to cmd.exe and there is a space in the path.)

answered Nov 05 '19 at 11:33

Richard

Thank you! Unfortunately now I get this error https://stackoverflow.com/questions/57592530/latest-update-brings-github-error-on-pull-push-or-sync but it is a different issue. – Alessandro Jacopson Nov 06 '19 at 11:16

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