Re: pre-commit not working at server side push

> On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 12:45:38PM +0530, J. Bakshi wrote:
> > On Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:13:56 +0530
> > "J. Bakshi" <joydeep@infoservices.in> wrote:
> > 
> > > Hello list,
> > > 
> > > I have this bash script to check php syntax error and prevent the commit if there is any
> > > 
> > > ```````````````````
> > > #!/bin/sh
> > > 
> > > ##php_syntax_check
> > > 
> > >   for i in $(git diff-index --name-only --cached HEAD -- | grep -E '\.(php|engine|theme|install|inc>
> > >         if [ -f $i ]; then
> > >                 output=$(/usr/bin/php5 -l $i)
> > >                 if [ "$output" == "No syntax errors detected in $i" ];
> > >                 then
> > >                         echo "PHP syntax check for $i: OK"
> > >                 else
> > >                         echo "=====================================================================>
> > >                         echo "Pause $i for the commit due to PHP parse errors:"
> > >                         echo "$output"
> > >                         exit 1
> > >                 fi
> > >         fi
> > >     done
> > > 
> > > ```````````````````
> 
> > seems it should be pre-receive hook at the server. So done accordingly but still not working 
> 
> Pre-receive runs after objects have been received but before branches are updated. So
> it can inspect the newly arrived commits but the branches retain their old values.
> 
> - Firstly, the server does not have index, so diff-index does not do anything sane.
> - Secondly, HEAD does not point to anything newly arrived (the hook gets list of update 
> instructions via stdin).
> - Thirdly, this hook must be prepared for multiple commits in multiple branches appearing at
> once.
> 
> I think githooks(5) documents what these hooks receive and what they do.
> 
> -Ilari