post update doesn't work

Question

I can't do use git post-update hook to pull into my website folder, from the repo. I have two users, user1 and user2, who both belong to group admin_group (I verify

id user1 
uid=1001(user1) gid=1003(admin_group) groups=1003(admin_group),1001(user1)

Same for user2. I looked up this and performed these commands as my root:

cd repository.git
sudo chmod -R g+ws *
sudo chgrp -R admin_group *
git repo-config core.sharedRepository true

This above step was probably unnecessary, since I can push just fine. I also did:

cd websitedir
sudo chmod -R g+ws *
sudo chgrp -R admin_group *

However, my post-update hook still won't pull the files to the websitedir automatically.

// post-update
cd /var/www
env -i git pull

It must be running as a different user, but I don't know which one. How do I give the user running the post-update hook permission?

Answer 1

1. Make sure that the post-update hook has the execute bit set.

2. It's unclear from your description if "websitedir" and "/var/www" are the same thing -- if your hook cds to "/var/www" and it's not a git repo, "git pull" isn't going to do anything.

3. Who owns "repository.git?"