Enabling Portable Git in Node.js command prompt on Windows

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 two lines:

for /F %%A in ('"dir /s /b /OD %userprofile%\appdata\local\github\portableGit_*"') do set gitPath=%%A\bin
set PATH=%APPDATA%\npm;%~dp0;%PATH%;%gitPath%

See this gist for an easier-to-copy version:

https://gist.github.com/nycdotnet/f7d7b8de0c55b7081cb0#file-new-code

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.