On Mon, Jan 9, 2023 at 1:45 PM Eric Sunshine via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Documentation/githooks.txt | 12 ++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/Documentation/githooks.txt b/Documentation/githooks.txt > index a16e62bc8c8..62908602e7b 100644 > --- a/Documentation/githooks.txt > +++ b/Documentation/githooks.txt > @@ -27,6 +27,18 @@ repository. An exception are hooks triggered during a push ('pre-receive', > 'update', 'post-receive', 'post-update', 'push-to-checkout') which are always > executed in $GIT_DIR. > > +Environment variables, such as `GIT_DIR`, `GIT_WORK_TREE`, etc., are exported > +so that Git commands run by the hook can correctly locate the repository. If > +your hook needs to invoke Git commands in a foreign repository or in a > +different working tree of the same repository, then it should clear these > +environment variables so they do not interfere with Git operations at the > +foreign location. For example: > + > +------------ > +local_desc=$(git describe) > +foreign_desc=$(unset $(git rev-parse --local-env-vars); git -C ../foreign-repo describe) > +------------ This looks good to me! Thank you! (And I'm sorry about top-posting *again*! I think I have the hang of it now.)