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* os/doc-custom-subcommand-on-path:
  doc: add information regarding external commands
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Junio C Hamano
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`$HOMEDRIVE$HOMEPATH` if both `$HOMEDRIVE` and `$HOMEPATH` exist;
otherwise `$USERPROFILE` if `$USERPROFILE` exists.
`PATH`::
When a user runs 'git <command>' that is not part of the core Git programs
(installed in GIT_EXEC_PATH), 'git-<command>' that is runnable by the user
in a directory on `$PATH` is invoked. Argument passed after the command
name are passed as-is to the program. To execute `git <foo>`, `git` finds
command `<foo>` (either a core Git program found in 'GIT_EXEC_PATH', or a
custom one in a directory on 'PATH'), before trying `foo` as an alias.
The Git Repository
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These environment variables apply to 'all' core Git commands. Nb: it