Force a new download/install of git-1.8.0 to pick up:

bootstrap/win/win_tools.bat

 @echo off
 :: Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 :: Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 :: found in the LICENSE file.
 
 :: This script will try to find if svn and python are accessible and it not,
 :: it will try to download it and 'install' it in depot_tools.
 
 :: Sadly, we can't use SETLOCAL here otherwise it ERRORLEVEL is not correctly
 :: returned.
 
 set WIN_TOOLS_ROOT_URL=http://src.chromium.org/svn/trunk/tools
 set GIT_BIN_DIR=git-1.8.0_bin
 
 :: Get absolute root directory (.js scripts don't handle relative paths well).
 pushd %~dp0..\..
 set WIN_TOOLS_ROOT_DIR=%CD%
 popd
 
 if "%1" == "force" (
   set WIN_TOOLS_FORCE=1
   shift /1
 )
 
 
 :GIT_CHECK
 :: If the batch file exists, skip the git check.
-if exist "%WIN_TOOLS_ROOT_DIR%\%GIT_BIN_DIR%" goto :MSYS_TERM_CHECK
-if "%CHROME_HEADLESS%" == "1" goto :MSYS_TERM_CHECK
+if exist "%WIN_TOOLS_ROOT_DIR%\%GIT_BIN_DIR%" goto :MSYS_PATH_CHECK
+if "%CHROME_HEADLESS%" == "1" goto :SVN_CHECK
 if "%WIN_TOOLS_FORCE%" == "1" goto :GIT_INSTALL
 call git --version 2>nul 1>nul
 if errorlevel 1 goto :GIT_INSTALL
-goto :MSYS_TERM_CHECK
+goto :SVN_CHECK
+
+
+:MSYS_PATH_CHECK
+call find "mingw" "%WIN_TOOLS_ROOT_DIR%\%GIT_BIN_DIR%\cmd\git.cmd" 2>nul 1>nul
+if errorlevel 1 (
+  rmdir /S /Q "%WIN_TOOLS_ROOT_DIR%\%GIT_BIN_DIR%"
+  goto :GIT_INSTALL

[cmp, 2012/11/08 23:04:49]

I think now (or RSN) would be a good time to standardize this with a version
field in a file that is unpacked from git_bin.zip.  WDYT?

+)
+goto :SVN_CHECK
 
 
 :GIT_INSTALL
 echo Installing git (avg 1-2 min download) ...
 :: git is not accessible; check it out and create 'proxy' files.
 if exist "%~dp0git.zip" del "%~dp0git.zip"
 cscript //nologo //e:jscript "%~dp0get_file.js" %WIN_TOOLS_ROOT_URL%/third_party/git-1.8.0_bin.zip "%~dp0git.zip"
 if errorlevel 1 goto :GIT_FAIL
 :: Cleanup svn directory if it was existing.
 if exist "%WIN_TOOLS_ROOT_DIR%\%GIT_BIN_DIR%\." rd /q /s "%WIN_TOOLS_ROOT_DIR%\%GIT_BIN_DIR%"
 :: Will create %GIT_BIN_DIR%\...
 cscript //nologo //e:jscript "%~dp0unzip.js" "%~dp0git.zip" "%WIN_TOOLS_ROOT_DIR%"
 if errorlevel 1 goto :GIT_FAIL
 if not exist "%WIN_TOOLS_ROOT_DIR%\%GIT_BIN_DIR%\." goto :GIT_FAIL
 del "%~dp0git.zip"
 :: Create the batch files.
 call copy /y "%WIN_TOOLS_ROOT_DIR%\%GIT_BIN_DIR%\git.bat" "%WIN_TOOLS_ROOT_DIR%\git.bat" 1>nul
 call copy /y "%WIN_TOOLS_ROOT_DIR%\%GIT_BIN_DIR%\gitk.bat" "%WIN_TOOLS_ROOT_DIR%\gitk.bat" 1>nul
 call copy /y "%WIN_TOOLS_ROOT_DIR%\%GIT_BIN_DIR%\ssh.bat" "%WIN_TOOLS_ROOT_DIR%\ssh.bat" 1>nul
 call copy /y "%WIN_TOOLS_ROOT_DIR%\%GIT_BIN_DIR%\ssh-keygen.bat" "%WIN_TOOLS_ROOT_DIR%\ssh-keygen.bat" 1>nul
 :: Ensure autocrlf and filemode are set correctly.
 call "%WIN_TOOLS_ROOT_DIR%\git.bat" config --global core.autocrlf false
 call "%WIN_TOOLS_ROOT_DIR%\git.bat" config --global core.filemode false
-goto :MSYS_TERM_CHECK
+goto :SVN_CHECK
 
 
 :GIT_FAIL
 echo ... Failed to checkout git automatically.
 echo Please visit http://code.google.com/p/msysgit to download the latest git
 echo client before continuing.
 echo You can also get the "prebacked" version used at %WIN_TOOLS_ROOT_URL%/
 set ERRORLEVEL=1
 goto :END
 
 
-:MSYS_TERM_CHECK
-:: Tweak git.bat to set TERM appropriately
-call FIND "TERM" "%WIN_TOOLS_ROOT_DIR%\git.bat" 2>nul 1>nul
-IF errorlevel 1 (
-  FINDSTR /V "git\.cmd" "%WIN_TOOLS_ROOT_DIR%\git.bat" > git.bat.new
-  echo set TERM=msys >> git.bat.new
-  FINDSTR "git\.cmd" "%WIN_TOOLS_ROOT_DIR%\git.bat" >> git.bat.new
-  MOVE /Y git.bat.new "%WIN_TOOLS_ROOT_DIR%\git.bat" >nul
-)
-
-
 :SVN_CHECK
 :: If the batch file exists, skip the svn check.
 if exist "%WIN_TOOLS_ROOT_DIR%\svn.bat" goto :PYTHON_CHECK
 if "%WIN_TOOLS_FORCE%" == "1" goto :SVN_INSTALL
 call svn --version 2>nul 1>nul
 if errorlevel 1 goto :SVN_INSTALL
 goto :PYTHON_CHECK
 
 
 :SVN_INSTALL
@@ skipping 60 matching lines @@
 goto :END
 
 
 :returncode
 set WIN_TOOLS_ROOT_URL=
 set WIN_TOOLS_ROOT_DIR=
 exit /b %ERRORLEVEL%
 
 :END
 call :returncode %ERRORLEVEL%