GIT pre-receive hook

Question

Is there a way to change the file that is being pushed to the server using a server-side pre-receive hook ?

Say I want to add something to the end of a file like:

//End of Org

each time someone pushes to my repo.

Is there a way you can change the file coming in using git hooks ?

Answer 1

I would rather use a filter driver which can operate on the content of each file in order to check if your line is there and add it if not, during the checkout step.

That would be:

• a smudge script
• able to be replicated when your repo is cloned (as opposed to hooks which are not copied over when cloning a repo unless you use a template directory )

Answer 2

Just for completeness sake: it should be rather obvious from the name that what you are asking for, is simply impossible. The pre-receive hook cannot change any files, because it hasn't received any yet!