I have a scenario where I have a repo where users access the files directly, they don’t know git exists, and make changes to what are essentially text files.
I have that repo cloned. So when a commit is made, the changes are pushed to the cloned repo using the post-commit hook.
Now, I have the cloned repo as a bare repo. But, what I would like to do at this point is have a script run each time a push is made. That script would read the content of the file(s) that were just pushed. Is that treated as a commit? Can I again use the post-commit hook?
Can that be done on a bare repo? Since there is no working directory? I’m don’t see how I could “read” the file if the repo is bare.
Yes, you can use the hook. However, you must use lower level git command to retrieve the commit tree and files from a bare repo. E.g. http://git-scm.com/book/ch9-2.html