Git Path and MANPATH not set correctly

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Run installer.
2. Go to terminal.
3. Execute 'echo $PATH'. /usr/local/git/bin will not appear.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
The git bin directory should be appended to the path.

What version of the product are you using?
The latest stable (1.6.1) on up to date OS X Leopard.

Please provide any additional information below.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by ago...@gmail.com on 29 Jan 2009 at 7:45

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Had the same issue today..

Original comment by dean...@thegreathardwarestore.com on 27 Feb 2009 at 12:13

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Same problem here, 1.6.1.3 installer on OSX 10.5.6 with custom .bash_profile 
that includes the previous $PATH 
setting.

Original comment by coderp...@gmail.com on 14 Mar 2009 at 6:00

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Same issue.  Contents of my .profile:

export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH

Original comment by breckinl...@gmail.com on 27 Mar 2009 at 11:24

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I thought the installer uses /etc/paths.d, not $PATH.  So I would not expect it 
to change $PATH.  Is the problem 
that git is not on the path (in the abstract sense of path, i.e. things 
executable by unqualified names) or just that 
you want it to literally be part of the $PATH environment variable?

Original comment by Ben.Denc...@gmail.com on 8 Apr 2009 at 4:14

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Turns out the problem was not that the installer set /etc/paths.d incorrectly, 
but that my OS X installation wasn't 
set to use it by default. You need to have the lines:

if [ -x /usr/libexec/path_helper ]; then
    eval `/usr/libexec/path_helper -s`
fi

in /etc/profile for this method of setting the system path to work. I would 
check this during installation.

Original comment by ago...@gmail.com on 11 Apr 2009 at 8:51

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Thanks agocke, this was my problem as well.

Original comment by robertla...@gmail.com on 9 Jul 2009 at 4:30

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The problem is in the installation pakage.
The installer puts some folders on the wrong path.
man1, man5 and man7 was installed in the path: /usr/local/git/man rather that 
/usr/local/git/share/man
Move these folders and everything will work fine.

Original comment by Saxint...@gmail.com on 4 Sep 2009 at 9:47

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Thanks Saxintosh....wasted 3 hours today.

Original comment by bazil...@gmail.com on 8 Sep 2009 at 2:32

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;-)

Original comment by Saxint...@gmail.com on 8 Sep 2009 at 6:14

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Original comment by timchar...@gmail.com on 17 Sep 2009 at 7:27

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