Getting fatal error running node.js git hook

Question

I'm running a git hook (pre-push) and getting a fatal error.

Here's my code:

#!/usr/local/bin node

var exec = require('child_process').exec

process.exit(1)

Nothing crazy, just testing things out.

And it's executable.

But when I run a push I get:

fatal: cannot exec '.git/hooks/pre-push': Permission denied

And the process hangs.

VonC · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-22 05:42:31Z

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Try instead:

#!/usr/local/bin/node

Make sure the path /usr/local/bin/node does exist.

Alternative (which might be what you actually wanted to do):

#!/usr/bin/env node

Again, make sure /usr/bin/env exists, and that /usr/bin/env node returns the expected path.

answered Mar 22, 2017 at 5:42

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Costa Michailidis Over a year ago

Second one worked! Thanks : ) For anyone coming here later, I'm running Ubuntu 14.04. Strange. I ran which node in the terminal thinking that's the one I should be referencing. And I read on S/O that /usr/bin/env node was kind of a hack, but I guess that's rubbish.

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