Re: Stop prepending /usr/bin to hooks PATH, or document it very clearly

From: Andreas Krey <a.krey@gmx.de>
Date: Oct 18, 2014, 14:49 UTC
Message-ID: <20141018144924.GA17925@inner.h.apk.li>
In-Reply-To: <CAFXrp_c+dxafLOO6T=LDd6OxhfpamkJsUc8iBwB-B41z8Htc4A@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, 17 Oct 2014 13:25:42 +0000, Ciro Santilli wrote: ...

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> The problem is that the `/usr/bin` breaks "interpreter version manager
> systems" like RVM, rbenv, virtualenv, etc. since people will write
> hooks like:
> 
>     #!/usr/bin/env ruby
> 
> and the `/usr/bin` ruby will get run instead of the managed one

And that is the right thing to do. What ruby to execute with is a property of the hook script, not of the virtualenv a user happens to be in. If you want virtualenvs, you should set up the right one within the hook script.

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> - documenting this behavior *very* clearly on `man githooks`

That would still be a good thing to do.

Andreas

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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@*.org>
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:29:21 -0800