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by ParetoOptimal 871 days ago

I also really really want to use TRAMP by default but there are some issues that keep it from being painless.

The problem with getting lsp modes working in things like docker containers is:

- docker containers set PATH - tramp doesn't use PATH by default - even using `(add-to-list 'tramp-remote-path 'tramp-own-remote-path)` doesn't work

tramp-own-remote-path doesn't work because:

         *Note* that this works only if your remote ‘/bin/sh’ shell supports
     the login argument ‘-l’.

For whatever reason this doesn't work in many docker containers or perhaps is a NixOS issue... not totally sure.

I need to revisit this at some point, because otherwise you have to update your tramp connections every time the PATH in the docker file changes, which for many make it a non-starter.

I'm sympathetic to the security first approach of why tramp doesn't just use PATH or the behavior of `tramp-own-remote-path` by default, but it makes working with the insecure by default rest of the IT ecosystem more difficult.