Thanks Michael. FYI I think I managed to get it to work earlier this
morning with:

(add-to-list 'tramp-remote-path "/path/to/git/on/remote/machine")
(add-to-list 'tramp-remote-path 'tramp-own-remote-path)



On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 9:14 AM, Michael Albinus <[email protected]>
wrote:

> S Neaves <[email protected]> writes:
>
> > Hello List,
>
> Hi Sam,
>
> > i.e. I can not get magit to work on my server accessed with tramp
> > correctly.
> >
> > (require 'tramp)
> > (push "/cm/shared/tools/git-2.18.0/bin/git" tramp-remote-path)
> >
> > to my .emacs
> >
> > and deleting my tramp file in .emacs.d
> >
> > If I use dired over tramp to get to a remote folder and then run:
> >
> > M-! which git
> > which: no git in
> > (/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/
> local/sbin:/local/bin)
>
> Maybe you should flush Tramp caches explicitly. Execute "M-x
> tramp-cleanup-all-connections" and try then "M-! which git". Another
> command to check is "M-! echo $PATH".
>
> > So these commands are not finding git, but if I M-x shell on the
> > server and run git it works fine.
>
> I suspect that the directory, where git is located, is added to the
> $PATH environment in your remote ~/.profile. In this case, I recommend
> to to use
>
> (push 'tramp-own-remote-path tramp-remote-path)
>
> > Many thanks,
> >
> > Sam
>
> Best regards, Michael.
>
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