# Re: git pull works remotely but not locally

- From: Ivan Uemlianin \<hidden\>
- Date: 2016-06-15 22:48:52 
- List: git
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2016/06/7465730
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2016/06/7465699/t.md

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On 27/05/2010 16:38, Jeff King wrote:
> Then the next thing to try is probably (assuming you are running Linux):
>    
Well, kind of: it's CentOS, which I'm finding quite recalcitrant (e.g. I had to install strace).
>    strace -f -e execve git pull
>
> Though I suspect we may just see:
>
>    execve("/opt/libexec/git-core/git-core/git-pull", ...) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied)
>
> which doesn't help much. I just want to be sure that is the source of
> the problem.
>    
No, the output is interesting.  The permissions denied is from the erroneous /root install (see separate email):

    [pid  3485] execve("/root/libexec/git-core/git-pull", ["git-pull"], [/* 18 vars */]) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied)

It looks in /opt/bin, but not /opt/libexec.

It could be a botched git install or it could be a botched PATH --- I have had to fiddle about with it a bit.  For example, /opt/libexec is not on my PATH  ...  In fact my PATH *is* botched:

    $ $PATH
    bash: /opt/bin:<snip/>:/usr/bin:/root/bin: No such file or directory

Those last two items don't look good at all.  And:

    $ PATH=/opt/libexec/git-core/:$PATH
    $ git pull
    remote: Counting objects: 8, done.
    ...
     1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

Working!

So:
- git itself is probably OK
- I have a botched PATH, which I should fix asap

Does git expect certain paths to be on a user's PATH?  If so perhaps that is all that is wrong.

Best wishes

Ivan

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