unable to set GIT_WORK_TREE variable in a bare repository when using post_update hook

Question

I am trying to set git up with http://danielmiessler.com/study/git/#website to manage my site. I am working using the git gui in win7

I have gotten to the last step

Answer 1

EDIT: ok, so now I see your problem.

This is the script you need:

#!/bin/sh
echo
echo "**** Pushing data to Live Server.">>~/hi.txt
echo
GIT_WORK_TREE=/home/***/public_html/b1a git checkout -f

I really don't know why nor how this works, but it does.

I don't know either why you were redirecting the export output to those files - do you really need that?

This script just check's out the current HEAD of the repository to the GIT_WORK_TREE directory. That's it. If you need anything else, please comment.

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I think you're not exporting GIT_WORK_TREE variable.

Try changing those lines so you really export that variable instead of just setting it:

#!/bin/sh
echo
echo "**** Pushing data to Live Server.">>~/hi.txt
echo
export GIT_WORK_TREE=/home/***/public_html/b1a
export > ~/.file1.txt
git checkout -f

The first export sets GIT_WORK_TREE value's and marks it for export, the second one outputs all current exported variables to the file.

I'm running this on Linux, but I hope it's the same on git-bash...