The docs in contrib/hooks/pre-auto-gc-battery suggest: For example, if the hook is stored in /usr/share/git-core/contrib/hooks/pre-auto-gc-battery: chmod a+x pre-auto-gc-battery cd /path/to/your/repository.git ln -sf /usr/share/git-core/contrib/hooks/pre-auto-gc-battery \ hooks/pre-auto-gc Unfortunately on multi-user systems most users do not have write access to /usr. Better to mark the sample hooks executable in the first place so users do not have to tweak their permissions to use them by symlinking into .git/hooks/. Reported-by: Olivier Berger <olivier.berger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> --- contrib/hooks/post-receive-email | 1 - contrib/hooks/pre-auto-gc-battery | 1 - contrib/hooks/setgitperms.perl | 0 contrib/hooks/update-paranoid | 0 4 files changed, 2 deletions(-) mode change 100644 => 100755 contrib/hooks/pre-auto-gc-battery mode change 100644 => 100755 contrib/hooks/setgitperms.perl mode change 100644 => 100755 contrib/hooks/update-paranoid diff --git a/contrib/hooks/post-receive-email b/contrib/hooks/post-receive-email index 8ee410f..8747b84 100755 --- a/contrib/hooks/post-receive-email +++ b/contrib/hooks/post-receive-email @@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ # For example, on debian the hook is stored in # /usr/share/git-core/contrib/hooks/post-receive-email: # -# chmod a+x post-receive-email # cd /path/to/your/repository.git # ln -sf /usr/share/git-core/contrib/hooks/post-receive-email hooks/post-receive # diff --git a/contrib/hooks/pre-auto-gc-battery b/contrib/hooks/pre-auto-gc-battery old mode 100644 new mode 100755 index 1f914c9..9d0c2d1 --- a/contrib/hooks/pre-auto-gc-battery +++ b/contrib/hooks/pre-auto-gc-battery @@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ # For example, if the hook is stored in # /usr/share/git-core/contrib/hooks/pre-auto-gc-battery: # -# chmod a+x pre-auto-gc-battery # cd /path/to/your/repository.git # ln -sf /usr/share/git-core/contrib/hooks/pre-auto-gc-battery \ # hooks/pre-auto-gc diff --git a/contrib/hooks/setgitperms.perl b/contrib/hooks/setgitperms.perl old mode 100644 new mode 100755 diff --git a/contrib/hooks/update-paranoid b/contrib/hooks/update-paranoid old mode 100644 new mode 100755 -- 1.8.4.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html