From: Mike Ralphson <mike.ralphson@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2007 12:27:17 GMT
Subject: Re: Post-update hook problems
Message-ID: <e2b179460710050527w185fd4b1kfbe278cf7055de4c@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20071005120850.GM31659@planck.djpig.de>

On 10/5/07, Frank Lichtenheld <frank@lichtenheld.de> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 05, 2007 at 12:27:22PM +0100, Geoffrey Ferrari wrote:
> > --
> > fatal: Not a git repository: '.'
> > Failed to find a valid git directory.
> > --
> >
> > Can anyone explain why this happens? And how can I make the script
> > work properly?
>
> I'm no hook expert, but it may have something to do with some
> environment variables that are set in hooks, you might need to change
> variables like GIT_DIR.

Ack.

The hooks seem to assume repositories pushed into are bare, so the
GIT_DIR isn't set to a .git subdirectory (even if it exists).

Mike