From: Alan Chandler <alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk>
Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2006 09:37:12 GMT
Subject: Re: What is the working directory for post-update hook?
Message-ID: <200602050937.12885.alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk>
In-Reply-To: <200602050906.52016.alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk>

On Sunday 05 February 2006 09:06, Alan Chandler wrote:
> The document root of my website has a git repository under it (in the
> standard .git subdirectory) and want a post update hook to checkout the
> contents (so the web server sees it!)
>
> I will be pushing to it via ssh.
>
> Does this mean that the post-update hook with be run with a working
> directory of the web site's document root? or something relative (such as
> GIT_DIR) so that I don't have to do a specific cd to an absolute path.


I found it out, by getting the post update hook to e-mail me the value:-)

its in the repository (ie document_root/.git)

-- 
Alan Chandler
http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk
Open Source. It's the difference between trust and antitrust.