# Git hooks are not called over HTTP 3 messages from 2008-10-17 to 2008-10-17. Participants: KwangYul Seo, Jakub Narebski, Shawn O. Pearce. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/15933 ## KwangYul Seo, 2008-10-17 06:23 Subject: Git hooks are not called over HTTP Message-ID: <7beb12420810162323o6dce0a71r897fbed9b9d3e417@mail.gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7beb12420810162323o6dce0a71r897fbed9b9d3e417%40mail.gmail.com ``` Hi, I have setup a git repository with post-receive and post-update enabled. I configured hooks.envelopesender and hooks.mailinglist. I confirmed that it works fine with push from local repositories. However, hooks are never called when push is done over HTTP. I added 'echo abc' to post-receive to see if it is called or not. With local push, abc was printed, but with HTTP push it was not printed. What is the problem here? BTW, I use Ubuntu hardy. Regards, Kwang Yul Seo ``` ## Jakub Narebski, 2008-10-17 09:22 Subject: Re: Git hooks are not called over HTTP Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/m38wsnk24l.fsf%40localhost.localdomain In-Reply-To: <7beb12420810162323o6dce0a71r897fbed9b9d3e417@mail.gmail.com> ``` "KwangYul Seo" writes: > I have setup a git repository with post-receive and post-update > enabled. I configured hooks.envelopesender and hooks.mailinglist. I > confirmed that it works fine with push from local repositories. > However, hooks are never called when push is done over HTTP. I added > 'echo abc' to post-receive to see if it is called or not. With local > push, abc was printed, but with HTTP push it was not printed. What is > the problem here? The "problem" here (which is very much the way HTTP protocol was designed) is that it isn't _git_ that updates repository on remote side on push (which knows about hooks), but _web server_ via WebDAV. And web server knows nothing about hooks. Perhaps that would get improved when "smart" HTTP protocol gets implemented (currently in the phase of design, I think just after designing protocol). -- Jakub Narebski Poland ShadeHawk on #git ``` ## Shawn O. Pearce, 2008-10-17 14:11 Subject: Re: Git hooks are not called over HTTP Message-ID: <20081017141107.GE9877@spearce.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20081017141107.GE9877%40spearce.org In-Reply-To: ``` Jakub Narebski wrote: > "KwangYul Seo" writes: > > > I have setup a git repository with post-receive and post-update > > enabled. I configured hooks.envelopesender and hooks.mailinglist. I > > confirmed that it works fine with push from local repositories. > > However, hooks are never called when push is done over HTTP. > > Perhaps that would get improved when "smart" HTTP protocol gets > implemented (currently in the phase of design, I think just after > designing protocol). Yes. The Git-in-HTTP protocol for push basically calls for an embedding of send-pack/receive-pack's protocol into HTTP, and implementation wise will probably be invoking git-receive-pack on the web server side of the connection. So if/when that finally gets implemented we'd run hooks over HTTP, but *ONLY* if both sides support the new Git-in-HTTP protocol. If both sides are still using WebDAV, no hooks, for the reason you cited earlier. -- Shawn. ```