Re: Unexpected working directory in post-receive hook in non-bare repository

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On Sun, Apr 9, 2017 at 3:01 PM, Simon Ruderich <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The following snippet reproduces the issue for me (note the
> remote: line in its output):
>
>     git --version
>
>     rm -rf a b
>
>     git init a
>     cd a
>     echo first >data
>     git add data
>     git commit -m initial
>     cat >>.git/hooks/post-receive <<EOF
>     #!/bin/sh
>     pwd
>     EOF
>     chmod +x .git/hooks/post-receive
>     cd ..
>
>     git clone a b
>     cd b
>     echo second >>data
>     git add data
>     git commit -m test
>     git push origin master:not-master
>
> According to man githooks "Before Git invokes a hook, it changes
> its working directory to either the root of the working tree in a
> non-bare repository, [...]". In this case "a" is non-bare and I
> expected the command to be run in the working tree; but instead
> it's run inside .git. (This caused some confusion in my case
> because I ran "git merge" in the hook which put files in the .git
> directory and I didn't notice it at first. I know running merge
> in receive-hooks is "bad practice" but it works fine in my
> setup.)
>
> The same happens for all hooks executed by git-receive-pack:
> pre-receive, update, post-receive, post-update.
>
> Is this a documentation issue or unexpected behavior?

It's a documentation issue I think. I added this change to the
githooks manpage last year in 49fa52fd00, but didn't think about the
case of pushing into non-bare repositories. The behavior itself hasn't
changed in a long time.

I wonder how to phrase this so that it's unambiguous & simply states a
general rule. I.e. instead of:

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

Can we say as we do now that:

* All hooks regardless of type in bare repos execute in the bare repo
* If you have a working tree hooks use that

But add:

* Working trees are ignored by any hooks invoked on your behalf during a push.

Some ad-hoc testing reveals that this rule also goes for the
push-to-checkout hook. Should it? Wouldn't it be more useful if it
broke the pattern, since it's dealing with the working tree on the
other side? Junio?



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