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GIT_EXEC_PATH Re: 1.2.1 pre-release testing


From: François
Subject: GIT_EXEC_PATH Re: 1.2.1 pre-release testing
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2021 13:35:45 +0200

Hello,

On Sat, Apr 17, 2021 at 01:43:33AM -0400, Leo Famulari wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 10:40:55PM -0500, jcguu95 wrote:
> >    2.1. Better support for using git during installation process?
> > 
> >    Before `guix system init /mnt/etc/config.scm /mnt', I'd like to getch
> >    config.scm from my github repo. So I ran `guix package -i git'. But
> >    when I `git clone ...' as usual, there's an error "git:
> >    'remote-https' is not a git command .See 'git --help'".

> I also found some suggestions regarding $GIT_EXEC_PATH needing to be
> set.

GIT_EXEC_PATH is very probably at fault.

It is set via profile to allow to use git subcommands installed by other
packages but it has no sane default when we are outside a profile.

Perhaps git should have a wrapper to manage this use-case.

François



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