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GIT : "git-upload-pack: command not found" while pushing to remote server


If you can not adjust the effective PATH on the remote side1, then you will have to specify the location of the programs from your local side.

As you found, git clone can be given -u /path/to/git-upload-pack (or --upload-pack /path/to/git-upload-pack).

git fetch and git pull accept --upload-pack /path/to/git-upload-pack (not -u, however, since it means something else to these programs). They also check the remote.<name>.uploadpack configuration variable.

git push accepts --receive-pack /path/to/git-receive-pack and checks the remote.<name>.receivepack configuration variable.

Once you have your repository cloned, you can use the configuration variables to record the paths:

git clone -u /home/bin/git-upload-pack user@server.com:mygitfoldercd mygitfoldergit config remote.origin.uploadpack /home/bin/git-upload-packgit config remote.origin.receivepack /home/bin/git-receive-pack

Then you can push, fetch, or pull without having to specify the path.


1You said that “environment variables [are] blocked for SSH accounts”. If you mean that the sshd has its PermitUserEnvironment setting turned off (meaning that you can not use environment="PATH=/home/bin:/usr/bin:/bin" in your .ssh/authorized_keys file), then you still might be able to modify your default PATH via a shell initialization file (e.g. .bashrc).