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diff --git a/doc/install/NixOS.mdwn b/doc/install/NixOS.mdwn index 23d7a9931..e9730b285 100644 --- a/doc/install/NixOS.mdwn +++ b/doc/install/NixOS.mdwn @@ -8,22 +8,3 @@ When including it in a NixOS configuration.nix file, the name of the reference t 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). - ----- - -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. |