populate_git: build git if it doesn't existv2.1.2nix-shell_git

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/bin/populate b/bin/populate
index 7f43cf3..6ffe9f7 100755
--- a/bin/populate
+++ b/bin/populate
@@ -147,6 +147,10 @@ populate_git() {(
   {
     echo set -efu
 
+    echo 'if ! type git 2>/dev/null; then'
+    echo '  PATH=${PATH+$PATH:}$(nix-build --no-out-link -A git "<nixpkgs>")'
+    echo 'fi'
+
     echo git_url=$(quote "$git_url")
     echo git_ref=$(quote "$git_ref")