summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/doc/git-annex.mdwn
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorGravatar Fraser Tweedale <frase@frase.id.au>2014-05-16 21:34:43 +1000
committerGravatar Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2014-05-16 15:46:43 -0400
commit905eaa8cf73a52d92edcb62c17abb2ca9bed863e (patch)
tree17f00f9ae395502c992dcc4d989328f460057410 /doc/git-annex.mdwn
parenteefa96844ef813b5ef985ff2db361988047546db (diff)
execute remote.<name>.annex-shell on remote, if set
It is useful to be able to specify an alternative git-annex-shell program to execute on the remote, e.g., to run a version not on the PATH. Use remote.<name>.annex-shell if specified, instead of the default "git-annex-shell" i.e., first so-named executable on the PATH.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/git-annex.mdwn')
-rw-r--r--doc/git-annex.mdwn8
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/git-annex.mdwn b/doc/git-annex.mdwn
index e2f662e64..8a2a3f7c6 100644
--- a/doc/git-annex.mdwn
+++ b/doc/git-annex.mdwn
@@ -1493,6 +1493,14 @@ Here are all the supported configuration settings.
The command will only be run once *all* running git-annex processes
are finished using the remote.
+* `remote.<name>.annex-shell`
+
+ Specify an alternative git-annex-shell executable on the remote
+ instead of looking for "git-annex-shell" on the PATH.
+
+ This is useful if the git-annex-shell program is outside the PATH
+ or has a non-standard name.
+
* `remote.<name>.annex-ignore`
If set to `true`, prevents git-annex