git post-update script does not work

Question

After editing my old question a few times, I make a new one because it is a new question now.

In .git/hooks/post-update I have:

echo \"a         


        

Answer 1

The solution is to use post-receive as Alex pointed out. Also you need run unset GIT_DIR at the top of your script.

On the server I have created a second branch and switched to it:

$ git branch
  master
* testing

My .git/hooks/post-receive now looks like this:

unset GIT_DIR
cd ..
git merge master

On the client I run git push.