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Windows PATH bug

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Description

👻 Brief Description

I was using this cookbook as a reference for one I am writing and while just reading the source code I believe I happened across a latent bug in the handling of adding the git installation path to the Windows PATH

I am 99.99% sure that at https://github.com/sous-chefs/git/blob/main/resources/client_windows.rb#L38 the code should be:

not_if { ENV['PATH'] =~ /#{GIT_PATH}/ }
and NOT
not_if { ENV['PATH'] =~ /GIT_PATH/ }
as you don't want to be looking for the string literal "GIT_PATH" but the value of that variable, interpolated.

🥞 Cookbook version

11.1 but expect that this exists in far earlier versions.

👩‍🍳 Chef-Infra Version

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🎩 Platform details

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🚓 Expected behavior

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start at resources/client_windows.rb line 38 and inspect the not_if guard for the Windows PATH update, comparing it with the issue's two alternatives. The work is done when the guard checks the git installation path value rather than the literal GIT_PATH text; the issue does not name a reproduction or test.

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Assessment

Tech stack
ruby
Domain
devops
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
50/100

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