* Copyright (C) Eric Biederman, 2005
  */
 #include "cache.h"
+#include "exec_cmd.h"
 
-static const char var_usage[] = "git-var [-l | <variable>]";
+static const char var_usage[] = "git var [-l | <variable>]";
 
 struct git_var {
        const char *name;
                usage(var_usage);
        }
 
+       git_extract_argv0_path(argv[0]);
+
        setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit);
        val = NULL;