msysgit - Edit remote PATH for ssh

Question

In mysysgit when I do ssh user@machine.com echo \$PATH I am missing a few items in my PATH in order to work with git. Specifically git-upload-pack. I saw this answer (https://stackoverflow.com/a/225315/333890) which confirmed my problem, but I have been unable to figure out how to edit the PATH such that ssh user@machine.com echo \$PATH reflects the correct path to my missing commands.

So, the question, how do I edit the PATH variable for my remote connections?

I have tried created a .bashrc in my $HOME of my git-bash and I've tried looking around in various other places, but can't seem to find anything that works.

Thanks!

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 26 '13 at 17:33

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Make sure you create your .bashrc in your remote system and not on your current local machine.

You can add something like this on it:

PATH=/path/to/git/bin/dir:$PATH
export PATH # optional

Try placing it in .profile as well if it doesn't work with .bashrc.

answered Sep 26 '13 at 17:33

konsolebox

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Tried placing it in .bashrc, .profile, .bash_profile in /home/$USER all with no luck. – Adam Sep 27 '13 at 16:00
@Adam And it's in your remote system? I think your it depends on the remote system shell you're running. Are you sure it's bash? – konsolebox Sep 27 '13 at 16:46
ssh echo \$SHELL shows zsh, I added it to .zshrc as well without any luck – Adam Sep 27 '13 at 16:52
only /usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin – Adam Sep 27 '13 at 17:03
Ok, I found the problem. I needed to put it in .zshenv not .zshrc – Adam Sep 27 '13 at 17:44

msysgit - Edit remote PATH for ssh

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