GNU bug report logs - #30434
magit won’t work over TRAMP

Previous Next

Full log

View this message in rfc822 format

From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
To: Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be>
Cc: 30434 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#30434: magit won’t work over TRAMP
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2022 00:04:06 -0400

Hi Maxime,

Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be> writes:


[...]

>> Nowadays 'magit' has a separate magit-git-executable:
>>
>>    "The Git executable used by Magit on the local host.
>> On remote machines `magit-remote-git-executable' is used instead."
>>
>> and magit-remote-git-executable:
>>
>> (defcustom magit-remote-git-executable "git"
>>    "The Git executable used by Magit on remote machines.
>> On the local host `magit-git-executable' is used instead.
>> Consider customizing `tramp-remote-path' instead of this
>> option."
>>
>> so maybe this patch can now be reversed, such that emacs-magit
>> can be used without depending on the (possibly non-existent) 'git' in
>> $PATH?  Needs to be verified though.
>
> More concretely, try "guix shell emacs emacs-magit --pure -- emacs"
> followed by "M-x magit-status" in a Git checkout, it will fail due to
> not finding the 'git' executable.
>
> So my idea is to use the new magit changes to both make the remote
> TRAMP work and _also_ make local things work in a pure environment,
> undoing the regression that was caused by reverting the
> git->/gnu/store/.../bin/git substitution without creating new
> regressions.

Sounds good to me!  I'll be happy to review any patch implementing it.

Maxim

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.