OSX - Installed git on OS X; What should I add to my PATH?

I just installed git 1.6.4.4 after downloading a DMG package from here.

I now have /usr/local/git. But it isn't in my PATH. So I need to add it.

My question is, should I add just /usr/local/git/bin, or do I also need to add one or more of these other directories?

$ cd /usr/local/git/
$ ls -al
total 0
drwxr-xr-x  3 joefleen  wheel  102 Sep 17 12:22 Library
drwxr-xr-x  9 root      wheel  306 Sep 27 11:09 bin
drwxr-xr-x  3 root      wheel  102 Sep 17 12:22 contrib
drwxr-xr-x  3 root      wheel  102 Sep 17 12:22 lib
drwxr-xr-x  3 root      wheel  102 Sep 17 12:22 libexec
drwxr-xr-x  6 root      wheel  204 Sep 17 12:22 share
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Question by (9/27/2009 6:26:51 PM)

Answer

No, all you need to add is /usr/local/git/bin. You can test this by running it directly:

/usr/local/git/bin/git

and see whether it works.

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