Are git hooks pushed to the remote when I 'git push'?

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slacy picture slacy · Aug 31, 2012 · Viewed 31.1k times · Source

If I create a new hook script in my local repository in repo/.git/hooks/post-commit and then I run "git push" are the hooks pushed to the remote? Then, when the other developers run "git pull" from the same origin will they get my new hooks?

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Lily Ballard picture Lily Ballard · Aug 31, 2012

No. Hooks are per-repository and are never pushed. Similarly, the repo config isn't pushed either, nor is anything in .git/info, or a number of other things.

Pushing and pulling only exchanges branches/tags and commit objects (and anything reachable from a commit, e.g. trees, blobs).

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