git-upload-pack: command not found

Question

I've read this answer about eight-five times, but there's something I'm not understanding correctly:

git-upload-pack: command not found, how to fix this correctly

When I try to clone a repository on my server, I get the following:

bash: git-upload-pack: command not found 

But when I clone by giving clone the -u /usr/local/bin/git-upload-pack option, all works well.

I guess this makes sense, since that's the position of the git-upload-pack on my server.

The top answer suggests my .bashrc file on server needs to be updated to reflect this, as the result of ssh you@remotemachine echo \$PATH does not return /usr/local/bin. (It returns /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin).

But when I look at my .bashrc file, it contains:

export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH 

So now I'm confused.

What do I need to do to avoid using the -u /usr/local/bin/git-upload-pack option every time? Why does ssh you@remotemachine echo \$PATH not return /usr/local/bin? Is this something to do with login and non-login shells?

Please help! Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

This is connected to this issue:

https://serverfault.com/questions/130834/svnssh-getting-bash-to-load-my-path-over-ssh

Ssh is not loading your environment by default when sending a command without going to interactive mode.

good solution is the one with .ssh/environment file:

in /etc/ssh/sshd_config add:

PermitUserEnvironment yes 

Then just create .ssh/ directory and dump envronment to .ssh/enviroment:

cd ~/ mkdir .ssh env > .ssh/environment 

Restart SSH

/etc/init.d/sshd restart 

Now when you do this from your local machine:

ssh [email protected]  "which git-upload-pack" 

you s'd get

/usr/local/bin/git-upload-pack 

and git clone s'd work.