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[[!comment format=mdwn
username="joey"
subject="""comment 2"""
date="2015-08-09T21:20:05Z"
content="""
Another way to deal with the problem is to find the location where
git-annex-shell is installed on the remote system's Nix store, and
configure the git remote for that system to use that location, by setting
`remote.<name>.annex-shell` in its git configuration.
"""]]

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The build status of the package within Nix can be seen on the [Hydra Build
Farm](http://hydra.nixos.org/job/nixpkgs/trunk/gitAndTools.gitAnnex).
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If git-annex is installed using Nix on a non-NixOS system, note that
git-annex-shell will not be available in PATH if git-annex tries to ssh
into the system and run it. This is because bash is typically built
without the flag `-DSSH_SOURCE_BASHRC`, and so the .bashrc that sets up the
PATH to include Nix-installed packages is not read.
This is not a problem when using NixOS, because it does build bash with
that flag. Nor is this a problem when using git-annex locally.
But, if you're setting up a server that will be used as a git
remote, you'll need to find a way to get git-annex-shell
into the PATH, or otherwise deal with this.
Another way to deal with the problem is to find the location where
git-annex-shell is installed on the remote system, and configure the git
remote for that system to use that location, by setting
`remote.<name>.annex-shell` in its git configuration.