From: Dmitry Potapov <dpotapov@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:47:46 GMT
Subject: Re: Unhappy git in a jailshell?
Message-ID: <20091102124746.GA27126@dpotapov.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <130714cd0911020416r6a686026q697d843f47b68692@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 11:16:43PM +1100, Alex MDC wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to use git on a linux server, but unfortunately I've only
> been granted jailshelled access. Most of git works, but some commands
> just fail to run, e.g.
> git repack
> git rebase
> git index-pack

Most Git commands are builtin, so they are executed by git.exe directly,
but some commands are implemented as separate binaries or shell files.
These commands require `git --exec-path` in PATH to run. Normally, git
adds `git --exec-path` in its environment before running them.

Apparently, jailshelled access prevents that somehow. So, I suggest you
contact your system administrator and tell him that you need to be able
to run files from `git --exec-path` to being able to use git, as git
needs them internally for normal work.


Dmitry