I'm now forced to manually add git to the path myself.

base.ps1

@@ -225,7 +225,8 @@ $installs=@(
   'Genivia.ugrep',
   'Microsoft.WindowsTerminal',
   'Kitware.CMake',
-  'Microsoft.VCRedist.2015+.x64'
+  'Microsoft.VCRedist.2015+.x64',
+  'Git.Git'
 )
 
 Write-Warning "About to install the following software:"
@@ -240,11 +241,15 @@ foreach($pkg in $installs) {
   Start-Process -NoNewWindow -Wait winget -ArgumentList 'install',$pkg
 }
 
-Write-Warning "!!!!!! GIT GIT GIT !!!!!"
-Write-Warning "As of December 2024, my tests showed that git is not added to the path when you install it. I know, shocker right? I will attempt to install it interactively here. But if you cannot type 'git' in Terminal after you restart terminal then you will need to run:  winget install git"
-Read-Host -Prompt "Press any key to say you read the above" | Out-Null
+$gitPath = $ExecutionContext.SessionState.Path.GetUnresolvedProviderPathFromPSPath("$env:APPDATA\..\Local\Programs\Git\cmd")
 
-winget install -i Git.Git
+if($env:PATH.contains($gitPath)) {
+  Write-Warning "!! Looks like your git installed correctly, but if it fails to run then uninstall it with 'winget remove git.git' then install it again with 'winget install git.git'"
+} else {
+  Write-Warning "!! Git.Git did not add itself to the Path. The directory $gitPath is missing so I'll add it now."
+  $newPath = $Env:PATH + ";$gitPath"
+  [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("Path", $newPath, "User")
+}
 
 $winlibsPath = $ExecutionContext.SessionState.Path.GetUnresolvedProviderPathFromPSPath("$env:APPDATA\..\Local\Programs\WinLibs")
 
@@ -277,5 +282,3 @@ if($env:PATH.contains($winlibsPath)) {
   $newPath = $Env:PATH + ";$winlibsPath\mingw64\bin"
   [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("Path", $newPath, "User")
 }
-
-Write-Warning "!!! CLOSE THIS POWERSHELL AND START A NEW ONE TO UPDATE PATH!"