CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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Ally
Ally

Reputation: 61

How to set Git options with relative path in Windows?

I have the following project structure and trying to change the default git hooks path from .git/hooks to .githooks. I found out that the command git config core.hooksPath .githooks is responsible for this. But I've been struggling with the relative path in Windows 10, I need to go up 2 times and then specify .githooks directory, but any ..\., ../., "..\." doesn't work. Maybe the problem not only in Windows but also the way how Git handles the config file, where this path will be written

How to specify such a path, for instance, in PowerShell?

Project directories:

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└───.githooks <---I want it here
└───.git
│   └───hooks <---by default it's here

Solved: phd suggested to use git config core.hooksPath ./.githooks which works for windows

Upvotes: 1

Views: 828

Answers (1)

phd
phd

Reputation: 94397

core.hooksPath … can be … relative. A relative path is taken as relative to the directory where the hooks are run (see the "DESCRIPTION" section of githooks).

«Before Git invokes a hook, it changes its working directory to either $GIT_DIR in a bare repository or the root of the working tree in a non-bare repository.»

(Emphasize mine — phd).

To put your .githooks/ into the root you should provide a relative path to the root which is ./. So use

git config core.hooksPath ./.githooks

Upvotes: 2

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