diff --git a/CMake/FindGit.cmake b/CMake/FindGit.cmake
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--- a/CMake/FindGit.cmake
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-#
-# FindGit
-#
-
-set(git_candidates git eg)
-
-if(WIN32)
-  list(APPEND git_candidates eg.cmd)
-  if(NOT MSYS)
-    # We don't append git.cmd, since it does not correctly return
-    # exit codes, see http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/issues/detail?id=428
-    list(APPEND git_candidates git.cmd)
-  endif()
-endif()
-
-find_program(GIT_EXECUTABLE ${git_candidates}
-  PATHS
-    "C:/Program Files/Git/bin"
-    "C:/Program Files (x86)/Git/bin"
-  DOC "git command line client")
-mark_as_advanced(GIT_EXECUTABLE)
-
-if(GIT_EXECUTABLE)
-
-  macro(GIT_IS_REPO dir result_var)
-    # check if ${dir} is a proper Git repository
-    execute_process(COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} rev-list -n 1 HEAD
-       WORKING_DIRECTORY ${dir}
-       RESULT_VARIABLE GIT_error
-       OUTPUT_QUIET
-       ERROR_QUIET)
-    if(GIT_error EQUAL 0)
-      set(${result_var} 1)
-    else()
-      set(${result_var} 0)
-    endif()
-  endmacro()
-
-  macro(GIT_WC_INFO dir prefix)
-    execute_process(COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} rev-list -n 1 HEAD
-       WORKING_DIRECTORY ${dir}
-       ERROR_VARIABLE GIT_error
-       OUTPUT_VARIABLE ${prefix}_WC_REVISION_HASH
-       OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
-    if(NOT ${GIT_error} EQUAL 0)
-      message(SEND_ERROR "Command \"${GIT_EXECUTBALE} rev-list -n 1 HEAD\" in directory ${dir} failed with output:\n${GIT_error}")
-    else()
-      execute_process(COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} name-rev ${${prefix}_WC_REVISION_HASH}
-         WORKING_DIRECTORY ${dir}
-         OUTPUT_VARIABLE ${prefix}_WC_REVISION_NAME
-          OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
-    endif()
-
-    set(${prefix}_WC_GITSVN 0)
-    # In case, git-svn is used, attempt to extract svn info
-    execute_process(COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} svn info
-      WORKING_DIRECTORY ${dir}
-      ERROR_VARIABLE git_svn_info_error
-      OUTPUT_VARIABLE ${prefix}_WC_INFO
-      RESULT_VARIABLE git_svn_info_result
-      OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
-
-    if(${git_svn_info_result} EQUAL 0)
-      set(${prefix}_WC_GITSVN 1)
-      string(REGEX REPLACE "^(.*\n)?URL: ([^\n]+).*"
-        "\\2" ${prefix}_WC_URL "${${prefix}_WC_INFO}")
-      string(REGEX REPLACE "^(.*\n)?Revision: ([^\n]+).*"
-        "\\2" ${prefix}_WC_REVISION "${${prefix}_WC_INFO}")
-      string(REGEX REPLACE "^(.*\n)?Last Changed Author: ([^\n]+).*"
-        "\\2" ${prefix}_WC_LAST_CHANGED_AUTHOR "${${prefix}_WC_INFO}")
-      string(REGEX REPLACE "^(.*\n)?Last Changed Rev: ([^\n]+).*"
-        "\\2" ${prefix}_WC_LAST_CHANGED_REV "${${prefix}_WC_INFO}")
-      string(REGEX REPLACE "^(.*\n)?Last Changed Date: ([^\n]+).*"
-        "\\2" ${prefix}_WC_LAST_CHANGED_DATE "${${prefix}_WC_INFO}")
-    endif()
-
-  endmacro()
-endif()
-
-include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
-FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS(Git DEFAULT_MSG GIT_EXECUTABLE)