IDEasy can not handle BASH_PATH variable properly

[jan-vcapgemini]

Actual behavior

When the user sets the BASH_PATH variable in his USER environment variables to f.e. C:\customfolder\git\bin\bash.exe IDEasy does not utilize the variable and constantly reports warnings that the git bash was not found e.g. Query to windows registry for finding bash failed with exit code

Reproduce

1. Download and unpack a portable version of git
2. Set the BASH_PATH to your portable git bash.exe location
3. Check if IDEasy accepted the variable and does not report errors about a missing git bash

Expected behavior

IDEasy should uitilize the variable and not report any warnings that the git bash was not found.

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Related/Dependent issues

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Comments/Hints

Check behaviour in MSI installer, CMD and git bash.
Use HyperV to test this.
The issue seems to be related to this code:

IDEasy/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/git/GitContextImpl.java

Lines 258 to 269 in 6cb666c

	public void verifyGitInstalled() {
	this.context.findBashRequired();
	Path git = Path.of("git");
	Path binaryGitPath = this.context.getPath().findBinary(git);
	if (git == binaryGitPath) {
	String message = "Git is not installed on your computer but required by IDEasy. Please download and install git:\n"
	+ "https://git-scm.com/download/";
	throw new CliException(message);
	}
	this.context.trace("Git is installed");
	}

It looks like the result of findBashRequired is being ignored and then another test for the existence of git is failing.

A workaround could be to only show the warning when in debug mode.