ssh: send/accept GIT_* env vars

[Kacper Kornet]

On Wed, May 04, 2011 at 11:51:44AM +0200, Arkadiusz Miskiewicz wrote:
> On Wednesday 04 of May 2011, Kacper Kornet wrote:
> > On Wed, May 04, 2011 at 11:37:16AM +0200, Arkadiusz Miskiewicz wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 03 of May 2011, Kacper Kornet wrote:
> > > > What is the reason that GIT_ variables are copied by ssh to remote
> > > > session? I mean the following line in our default /etc/ssh/ssh_config.

> > > > AcceptEnv LANG LC_* LANGUAGE TZ GIT_*

> > > To avoid a need to set all that on each remote system.

> > > > I have just discovered that it break at least one feature in gitolite.

> > > And the bug is where?

> > The creation of wildcard repositories
> > http://sitaramc.github.com/gitolite/doc/wildcard-repositories.html

> > does not work. I can patch gitolite for it. But there is a small chance
> > the patch would be accepted upstream.

> How so? gitolite doesn't accept patches that fix bugs?

So the gitolite author's answet to the patch is:

> You seem to have a very unusual environment.  I'd need to understand
> in more detail why and what this is before I would take this patch.

So if someone (glen?) can give good a good reason why the GIT_*
variables are propagated in PLD it would be great.

-- 
  Kacper