Very simple suggestion, on windows, add git to the PATH during installation

[G-T-P]

Summary

Atom comes with git out of the box thanks to its github integration. On a windows environment, the git.exe is located there:
%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.34.0\resources\app.asar.unpacked\node_modules\dugite\git\mingw64\bin\git.exe
It would be very simple during the installation procedure to add an extra step where git is added to the PATH environment variable. This would enable the use of git within a windows terminal.

Motivation

Some of the features that git offers are not integrated within the GUI of atom-github. To use those, on a windows environment, it is necessary to install git for windows. In reality it is already installed with the newer versions of atoms it is simply not added to the PATH.

When it is added to the path, it is possible to simply run C:\any\path> git --version. And when it is not added the absolute path to the git executable needs to be specified (and other software relying on git cannot leverage it). For instance, without adding git to the path, it is impossible to run git gc (even with the absolute path being specified) because this call requires to spawn a git process, which will cause the following error:
error: cannot spawn git: No such file or directory
fatal: failed to run pack-refs

Describe alternatives you've considered

Adding it myself. This is very easy:
You have to put your .exe file's path into enviroment variable path.
Go to "My computer -> properties -> advanced -> environment variables -> Path" and edit path by adding .exe's directory into path.

[rsese]

Thanks for the suggestion! As far as I know, dugite is meant to provide apps a way to embed Git functionality, I'm not sure if it was meant to be used as your command-line Git client (even if it might work for most Git commands).

I guess the more general suggestion is to provide a command line Git experience for Git features not currently provided by the package? Though it would save you from installing a separate application like Git for Windows, I don't believe providing a command line Git experience is something the team has planned.

But we'll make sure to share this feedback with them and if it's something they decide to prioritize, the issue can always be reopened.

Thanks again for contributing!