On Fri, Oct 11, 2024 at 12:09:18PM +0200, Gabriel Nützi wrote: > > namely by checking whether the HEAD file exists in the Git directory. > > The problem here is the chicken-egg problem: How do I know inside a > hook where to look for HEAD, so the non. env. way of doing this would > be 'git rev-parse —git-dir' which crahshes… So there should be cleary > some better way of knowing if a Git repo is on the way of beeing > created, and when it is fully initialized. What about > GIT_DIR_INITIALIZING and this variable does not exist once it is done > or whats about making ‚git rev-parse —git-dir‘ not panic if the env. > variables are defined. I guess for a good solution we need both? Our documentation in githooks(5) says that the GIT_DIR environment variable is always set so that the hook can identify the location of the Git repository. So I'd argue that using git-rev-parse(1) is unnecessary in the first place. Or am I missing something? Patrick
