diff --git a/doc/forum/git_annex_get___60__file__62___fails___40__Action_blocked_by_GIT__41__/comment_1_476b96f4ffd57bfe6e66c5388a19e9a5._comment b/doc/forum/git_annex_get___60__file__62___fails___40__Action_blocked_by_GIT__41__/comment_1_476b96f4ffd57bfe6e66c5388a19e9a5._comment new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..600ee7976b --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/git_annex_get___60__file__62___fails___40__Action_blocked_by_GIT__41__/comment_1_476b96f4ffd57bfe6e66c5388a19e9a5._comment @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="joey" + subject="""comment 1""" + date="2022-07-08T14:34:04Z" + content=""" +It seems that on the remote host there is something that sets +the `GIT_ANNEX_SHELL_LIMITED` environment variable. + +That would not itself be enough to cause this problem normally. +So I suspect that the remote host also has a very old +version of git-annex installed on it. One that does not support +that `git-annex shell p2pstdio` command. So it applies that environment +variable when it would not normally apply. + +The solution then is to upgrade the remote host's git-annex to version +6.20180228 or newer, which will support that command. +"""]]