Executing command via ssh not sourcing ~/.bashrc in Bash 4

Question

According to the bash invocation sequence, if a non-interactive, non-login bash shell is invoked via ssh, it's supposed to source ~/.bashrc. This works just fine with the OS X-shipped Bash 3.2.48(1)-release.

However, when I install bash 4.2.8(2)-release and set that as my login shell, executing a command via ssh (e.g. ssh <host> <command>) doesn't source my ~/.bashrc.

Does anybody know what's wrong, or how I can work around this?

Answer 1

You can run bash through ssh with the --login option. Like so:

ssh <host> bash --login -c "command"