Alex Kost <alez...@gmail.com> writes: > Ricardo Wurmus (2018-02-12 13:53 +0100) wrote: > >> The default value for “magit-git-executable” (when magit is installed >> via Guix) appears to be a store path, such as >> “/gnu/store/l7g5r1c2i0bf3cd71g53ajy8khdcyidz-git-2.16.1/bin/git”. This >> means that when magit is used over TRAMP it will try to find the exact >> same git executable on the remote. >> >> Instead, magit should only look for “git” on the remote, not for the >> exact store location of a particular git executable. >> >> I could only use magit over TRAMP after setting “magit-git-executable” >> to “git”. > > If people will agree that changing 'magit-git-executable' is not needed, > then I think 'git' can be removed from the inputs as it is used just for > that variable. > > P.S. I also use just "git" for 'magit-git-executable'.
It took me way too long to figure out that this was the cause. I played with TRAMP settings before that and only noticed that something was off when I looked at the verbose TRAMP debug logs. I think it makes sense *not* to hardcode the path to the git executable here. -- Ricardo GPG: BCA6 89B6 3655 3801 C3C6 2150 197A 5888 235F ACAC https://elephly.net
