Autogenerated HTML docs for v2.39.1-308-g56c8f
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@@ -765,6 +765,17 @@ repository. An exception are hooks triggered during a push (<em>pre-receive</em>, <em>update</em>, <em>post-receive</em>, <em>post-update</em>, <em>push-to-checkout</em>) which are always executed in $GIT_DIR.</p></div> +<div class="paragraph"><p>Environment variables, such as <code>GIT_DIR</code>, <code>GIT_WORK_TREE</code>, etc., are exported +so that Git commands run by the hook can correctly locate the repository. If +your hook needs to invoke Git commands in a foreign repository or in a +different working tree of the same repository, then it should clear these +environment variables so they do not interfere with Git operations at the +foreign location. For example:</p></div> +<div class="listingblock"> +<div class="content"> +<pre><code>local_desc=$(git describe) +foreign_desc=$(unset $(git rev-parse --local-env-vars); git -C ../foreign-repo describe)</code></pre> +</div></div> <div class="paragraph"><p>Hooks can get their arguments via the environment, command-line arguments, and stdin. See the documentation for each hook below for details.</p></div> @@ -1383,7 +1394,7 @@ <div id="footer"> <div id="footer-text"> Last updated - 2022-02-16 17:29:08 PST + 2023-01-21 17:52:14 PST </div> </div> </body>
