Allow customization of path/command to git executable

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• I have searched the issue tracker and confirmed that I was unable to find existing issues for the feature I am requesting.

The feature request

Add in GitHub Desktop’s Options a configuration to select a custom path/command to a git executable, with a blank default be git as queried from the OS’s PATH.

• WSL git can be achieved with a separate toggle switch or simply with the command wsl git entered into the config above.

Proposed solution

• GitHub Desktop then uses users’ choice of git executables and follows their global configs
  1. Reading the GitHub Desktop documentation, I’m assuming that GitHub Desktop uses the git as queried from the OS’s PATH?
  2. Assuming GitHub Desktop currently fetches its bundled git through the OS PATH, this customizability instead means the user doesn’t need to verify and possibly tinker with their PATH.
     • – which is actually a challenge for users of WSL git
• Resolves issues with git hooks
  • ➡ Should use git for windows on windows hosts (and probably allow advanced config to override git.exe location) #12431

Additional context

• This is a feature request split from the above referenced (inäctive) bug report 12431. There, @fluffynuts compared the bundled git.exe with Git’s official portable git.exe and mentioned this possibility of overriding the bundled git.exe with a customized path-to-executable.
• Similarly, I have WSL Ubuntu and I use the Ubuntu git occasionally.

Options popup, Git tab: (Taken from the documentation repo)

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Related: I just tried adding my GPG key from WSL GPG. But of course, GitHub Desktop is a Windows app and so uses Windows GPG only. Guess I’ll have to regenerate the key? EDIT: Naw, looks like I can import keys