use shell=True in windows (git.exe needs to be on %PATH%)

One bug remaining: git on windows is returning status 0 for `git this-does-not-exist`, so no GitCommandError is raised.

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/test/git/test_git.py b/test/git/test_git.py
index d649bb1b..4618ecf2 100644
--- a/test/git/test_git.py
+++ b/test/git/test_git.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # This module is part of GitPython and is released under
 # the BSD License: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php
 
-import os
+import os, sys
 from test.testlib import *
 from git import Git, GitCommandError
 
@@ -45,7 +45,10 @@ class TestGit(object):
         fh.close()
 
     def test_it_handles_large_input(self):
-        output = self.git.execute(["cat", "/bin/bash"])
+        if sys.platform == 'win32':
+            output = self.git.execute(["type", "C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe"])
+        else:
+            output = self.git.execute(["cat", "/bin/bash"])
         assert_true(len(output) > 4096) # at least 4k
 
     @patch(Git, 'execute')