Adds support for custom git installation locations

Also gracefully deals with the times when git isn't in the PATH

.vscode/settings.json

@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
-// Place your settings in this file to overwrite default and user settings.
 {
     "files.exclude": {
-        "out": false, // set this to true to hide the "out" folder with the compiled JS files
-        "node_modules": true
+        "node_modules": true,
+        "out": true
     },
     "search.exclude": {
-        "out": true, // set this to false to include "out" folder in search results
         "node_modules": true,
-        "typings": true
+        "out": true
     },
     "typescript.tsdk": "./node_modules/typescript/lib" // we want to use the TS server from our node_modules folder to control its version
 }