Re: Running 'git worktree add' in 'pre-commit' hook

From: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Date: May 16, 2019, 11:59 UTC
Message-ID: <CAPig+cQ5T1yj0t1gehXYKN7=rEJ15feOUEJEtAVK565=VwdUrg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CACsJy8DnkjuZD-9pbhAsFo16jHKt8U831LLxb3-nCQP5_FOmtA@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 7:25 AM Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com> wrote:

> pre-commit hook sets GIT_INDEX_FILE to this "index.lock" so you have
> the latest index content (which is not the same as from
> $GIT_DIR/index). This variable will interfere with any commands that
> work on a different worktree.

I think that this is not quite accurate. The problem isn't that git-commit is pointing GIT_INDEX_FILE at a temporary index; that works fine. The problem is when it is using the normal .git/index file, in which case the value it assigns to GIT_INDEX_FILE is relative.

For instance, with pre-commit hook:

    #!/bin/sh
    echo "GIT_INDEX_FILE=$GIT_INDEX_FILE"
    git worktree add --detach other

"git-worktree add" with a normal git-commit breaks due to the relative location specified by GIT_INDEX_FILE:

    $ git add file
    $ git commit -m foo
    GIT_INDEX_FILE=.git/index
    Preparing worktree (detached HEAD 0857fef)
    fatal: Unable to create '/.../other/.git/index.lock': Not a directory
    $

whereas, the "git commit <file>" form succeeds just fine because it assigns an absolute path for the temporary index:

    $ git commit -m foo file
    GIT_INDEX_FILE=/.../.git/next-index-23675.lock
    Preparing worktree (detached HEAD 0857fef)
    HEAD is now at 0857fef first
    [master 2fa5413] foo
    $