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T. Junghans
T. Junghans

Reputation: 11683

Location of shell script file, which is to be executed by local git hook

I'm using git hooks for the first time and stuck on an issue that seems simple but I haven't found any answer so far.

I have created a shell script (it works fine when called directly) which I want to call inside the git post-commit-hook. I know I could include the script itself in the hook, but that could get chaotic if more scripts are added.

The contents of the hook-file looks like this:

!/bin/sh

sh myshellscript.sh # This doesn't work by the way

: Nothing

The hook is definitely executed but myshellscript.sh is not found.

Where is the best place to put myshellscript.sh and how do I reference it?

Thanks in advance!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 146

Answers (1)

quornian
quornian

Reputation: 10173

The hook will be executed with the current directory set to $GIT_DIR which is usually the root directory of the repository.

If your script, myshellscript.sh, is in the hooks directory you would need to run

sh .git/hooks/myshellscript.sh

Upvotes: 1

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