Bluehost - Solution to the Git PATH issue when using a non interactive shell

[netbuglk]

Hi,

I have noticed that a lot of people are having issues in using Git after the SSH upgrade done by bluehost.

I just though of posting my solution to this issue, so that someone might benefit from it.

Use the following commands to add these configuration parameters

On Linux
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git config remote.origin.uploadpack '/home/<user name>/bin/git-upload-pack'

git config remote.origin.receivepack '/home/<user name>/bin/git-receive-pack'

On Windows
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git config remote.origin.uploadpack 'libexec/git-core/git-upload-pack'

git config remote.origin.receivepack 'libexec/git-core/git-receive-pack'

After these configuration parameters have been entered, you should be able to use Git as before.

[tomatohater]

The above solution works well, but assumes you already have a local git repo that is tracking a remote repo on Bluehost. Cloning a repo will fail with the same error.

To clone a Bluehost-based git repo from scratch, you can issue the following command:

git clone -u /home/<user>/bin/git-upload-pack <user>@<host>:/home/<user>/<path-to-repo>

Then make sure to set your remote uploadpack and receivepack commands per the above message.

[rpflo]

Indeed, I've been using the same solution.

I'm one annual billing cycle away from ditching Bluehost over this, however. Such a hassle.

[Garowetz]

And just to expand on tomatohater explanation for those windows users out there

git clone -u libexec/git-core/git-upload-pack <user>@<host>:/home/<user>/<path-to-repo>

Mind you the path to git-upload-pack might be different. I tried the command

which git-upload-path

/home/<user>/bin/git-upload-pack

This path didn't actually work for me but I knew where I installed git.

[railsthing]

Setting up the .git/config with the Path to the git-upload and receive packs enables you to git push/pull/clone etc from shell to bluehost´s servers. Nice post!

Yet still you get errors deploying with capistrano after cap deploy where it calls the "git ls-remote"

executing `deploy:cold'
executing `deploy:update'
transaction: start
executing `deploy:update_
updating the cached checkout on all servers
git ls-remote <username>@<domain>:/<path-to-repo> HEAD
bash: git-upload-pack: command not found

It seems that you will have to tell capistrano where the git upload/recieve-packs are.

has anyone solved this or seen the same error?

Cheers,
Karsten

[wbreeze]

Oh yes. Same error and after hours of trying to resolve it, no solution. Still get:

git ls-remote <username>@<domain>:/<path-to-repo> HEAD
bash: git-upload-pack: command not found

Going to abandon capistrano and clone the repository on the server for deployment.

[Mixhael]

I'm still having the same error:

git push web +master:refs/heads/master
bash: git-receive-pack: command not found
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly

I based my setup on this tutorial

My local git-config is as follows:

[core]
repositoryformatversion = 0
filemode = true
bare = false
logallrefupdates = true
ignorecase = true
autocrlf = false
[remote "web"]
url = ssh://<username>@domain.com/home/<username>/website.git
fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/web/*
[remote "origin"]
uploadpack = /home/<username>/git/bin/git-upload-pack
receivepack = /home/<username>/git/bin/git-receive-pack

website.git resides in /home/<username>/website.git

Anyone knows what goes wrong?

Kind regards

[Mixhael]

Still no solution. Emailed bluehost and they verified that .bashrc or .bash_profile isn't read with an non-interactive ssh session.

[fndtn357]

Thank you very much for this information. I had just cloned two other accounts of mine at other webhost servers and had no issues until Bluehost. When I asked support they guided me here. Thanks again, invaluable to my new development workflow.

The above solution works well, but assumes you already have a local git repo that is tracking a remote repo on Bluehost. Cloning a repo will fail with the same error.

To clone a Bluehost-based git repo from scratch, you can issue the following command:

git clone -u /home/<user>/bin/git-upload-pack <user>@<host>:/home/<user>/<path-to-repo>

Then make sure to set your remote uploadpack and receivepack commands per the above message.