Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > +core.hooksPath:: > + By default Git will look for your hooks in the > + '$GIT_DIR/hooks' directory. Set this to different path, > + e.g. '/etc/git/hooks', and Git will try to find your hooks in > + that directory, e.g. '/etc/git/hooks/pre-receive' instead of > + in '$GIT_DIR/hooks/pre-receive'. > ++ > +The path can either be absolute or relative. When specifying a > +relative path see the discussion in the "DESCRIPTION" section of > +linkgit:githooks[5] for what the relative relative path will be > +relative to. The path can be either absolute or relative. A relative path is taken as relative to the directory where the hooks are run (see linkgit:githooks[5]). perhaps? > +This configuration is useful in cases where you'd like to > +e.g. centrally configure your Git hooks instead of configuring them on s/e.g. //; I thought "you can do X (if you want to do X)" were getting rewritten to "you can do X", not "you can do e.g. X". > diff --git a/t/t1350-config-hooks-path.sh b/t/t1350-config-hooks-path.sh > new file mode 100755 > index 0000000..f2f0aa9 > --- /dev/null > +++ b/t/t1350-config-hooks-path.sh > @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ > +#!/bin/sh > + > +test_description='Test the core.hooksPath configuration variable' > + > +. ./test-lib.sh > + > +test_expect_success 'set up a pre-commit hook in core.hooksPath' ' > + mkdir -p .git/custom-hooks .git/hooks && > + write_script .git/custom-hooks/pre-commit <<-\EOF && > +printf "%s" "CUST" >>.git/PRE-COMMIT-HOOK-WAS-CALLED > +EOF write_script .git/custom-hooks/pre-commit <<-\EOF && printf "%s" "CUST" >>.git/PRE-COMMIT-HOOK-WAS-CALLED EOF I however wonder why this is not "echo CUST" (or even "echo CUSTOM"). > + write_script .git/hooks/pre-commit <<-\EOF > +printf "%s" "NORM" >>.git/PRE-COMMIT-HOOK-WAS-CALLED > +EOF > +' Likewise. > +test_expect_success 'Check that various forms of specifying core.hooksPath work' ' > + test_commit no_custom_hook && > + git config core.hooksPath .git/custom-hooks && > + test_commit have_custom_hook && > + git config core.hooksPath .git/custom-hooks/ && > + test_commit have_custom_hook_trailing_slash && > + git config core.hooksPath "$PWD/.git/custom-hooks" && > + test_commit have_custom_hook_abs_path && > + git config core.hooksPath "$PWD/.git/custom-hooks/" && > + test_commit have_custom_hook_abs_path_trailing_slash && > + printf "%s" "NORMCUSTCUSTCUSTCUST" >.git/PRE-COMMIT-HOOK-WAS-CALLED.expect && And this will become test_write_lines NORM CUST CUST CUST CUST >expect && > + test_cmp .git/PRE-COMMIT-HOOK-WAS-CALLED.expect .git/PRE-COMMIT-HOOK-WAS-CALLED If you did one-line-at-a-time with 'echo', test_cmp would show line-wise diff, which may make spotting the difference easier. > +' > + > +test_done -- 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