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I am NOT asking how to change the path for OS X terminal windows.

I am having this problem, and I'd like to be able to launch by clicking. It does work if I open it in a terminal window (since the path is set correctly).

I have tried adding a path variable to ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist but to no avail.

How can I change the path for the current user in OS X?

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Where is git installed? – Chealion Jan 19 '10 at 0:39
Chealion, git is installed in its default location on OSX /usr/local/git/bin – Yar Jan 19 '10 at 2:27
Um. Generally /usr/local is for stuff that isn't default. That is you put "local" installations there... A lot of tarbals configure to go there by default but that is not an OS decision. – dmckee Jan 19 '10 at 3:28
Sorry, I meant that the installer for my Git install (which is the most common one) installed there by default. It's true that my OS had git in another location originally, I think, right? – Yar Jan 19 '10 at 11:10
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Add a file with your desired path in it (e.g. /opt/local/bin) to the directory /etc/paths.d. This method is how TeXLive does it. You can also add your manpath to /etc/manpaths.d this way.

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excellent. I've marked it as "should be on superuser" :)... I'll check it out. +1 for now. – Yar Jan 18 '10 at 22:37
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This worked. I ended up using setenv PATH $PATH:/usr/local/git/bin/ in my /etc/launchd.conf. I did reboot, though perhaps it wasn't necessary. Thanks! – Yar Jan 19 '10 at 12:06
Except that it totally broke my path for other apps.... shit. Not sure what to do. – Yar Jan 19 '10 at 14:49
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Ack! Okay, try this. Add your path to /etc/paths – fideli Jan 19 '10 at 15:10
NM. Instead, add a file in /etc/paths.d that has your path in it. – fideli Jan 19 '10 at 15:12
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