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...multiple installs of git on the same server, for example. More details: On the remote server, ssh already sets some environment variables: > printenv | grep SSH SSH_CLIENT=192.168.1.18 50945 22 SSH_TTY=/dev/pts/1 SSH_CONNECTION=192.168.1.18 50945 192.168.1.1 22 What about adding another, say SSH_SERVER_HOST=host1 Assuming that /etc/hosts 192.168.1.1 host1 host2 then ssh user at host1 and ssh user at host2 would lead to a shell on the same host with the same user, but SSH_SERVER_HOST would be different, and that would allow the creation of a script that, for example, could find the correct git reposit...