Can't create gitHeadInfo.gin

[paulvickers]

I've copied the post-xxx-sample.txt from the same folder as gitinfo2.pdf to post-checkout, post-commit, and post-merge in the .git/hooks folder. I have made them executable with chmod g+x (I'm running mac OS 10.13).

I have run commits and checkouts but the file gitHeadInfo.gin never appears in the working copy's .git folder.

Anything obvious I'm missing here? Do you need to do this from the master branch, or can it be done from any branch?

[paulvickers]

UPDATE:

instead of chmod g+x changed to chmod +x and now the gitHeadInfo.gin file IS created, but the test file reports 'Oh my!' (\usepackage[local,missing={(Oh my!)}...)

But if I remove the local option from the package then it works fine.

[scollovati]

@paulvickers I'm experiencing the same problem.
Just to check: what is the exact filename of the post-xxx files?

In my finder I don't see the extension .txt, while it is present via terminal.

Furthermore the permission for each post file is -rwxrwxr-x@
Is it the same for you?

PS: I use osx 10.12.6

[scollovati]

Solved.
The problem was very simple: the post-xx file should not have any extension (even if hidden).
Just for future reference, this is the correct setup:

Then, as pointed out by @paulvickers, we have to give permissions to all the post-xxx files in this way chmod +x .git/hooks/post-commit (assuming that we are in the root folder of the project i.e. the one in which there's the .git folder).

[afcuttin]

UPDATE:

instead of chmod g+x changed to chmod +x and now the gitHeadInfo.gin file IS created

This is true also for my Ubuntu setup

[stephanmg]

If you execute the hooks from outside your project root, it will fail too. See the PRs here: https://github.com/CristianCantoro/latex_draft_example/pulls

[josephwright]

This repository is no longer active: please re-report issues at https://github.com/josephwright/gitinfo2/issues