Git submodule update from post-receive hook
git, git-submodules, hook, mapping
Solution
Try and :
- cd to the root folder of that repo
- specify the work-tree and git directory for that folder when doing the git command.
That would give in your post-receive hook script:
cd /var/www/
git --git-dir=/var/www/.git --work-tree=/var/www submodule update --init --recursive
Problem
I'm trying to update automatically my submodule located in `var/www/php/vendor/projectX` at each commit to the `var/www` super-project. I added these lines in the `.git/hooks/post-receive` file : ``` #!/bin/sh echo "Updating submodules recursively" pwd git submodule update --init --recursive ``` But I get this when I commit to the super-project : ``` Counting objects: 8, done. Delta compression using up to 8 threads. Compressing objects: 100% (4/4), done. Writing objects: 100% (4/4), 346 bytes | 0 bytes/s, done. Total 4 (delta 3), reused 0 (delta 0) remote: Updating submodules recursively remote: /var/www/.git remote: No submodule mapping found in .gitmodules for path 'php/vendor/projectX' To www-data@11.22.33.44:. 3dc2404..bc46dd6 dev -> dev ``` The appropriate section is present in the .gitmodules file however, and so are the files in .git/modules. Running `git submodule update --init --recursive` manually works fine. It's only when run from the hook that it does not work. Thank you