From: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2012 18:14:31 GMT
Subject: Re: Not a git repository: '.'
Message-ID: <4F6E0F07.6030400@kdbg.org>
In-Reply-To: <87r4wh6hce.fsf@smith.obbligato.org>

Am 24.03.2012 18:26, schrieb greened@obbligato.org:
> I have a post-receive hook set up that does the following when something
> is pushed to a repository.
> 
> - Change directory to another non-bare repository
> - Do 'git status'
> 
> I get this error from the original git push:
> 
> remote: fatal: Not a git repository: '.'
> 
> Debug output tells me I am in the correct directory when attempting the
> status check.  This directory is a full git workarea (i.e. not a bare
> repository).
> 
> Any idea what git is complaining about?  I can log on to the server and
> do 'git status' in the target directory and everything is fine.

Most likely, GIT_DIR=. is set when the hook is entered. Does unset
GIT_DIR help?

-- Hannes