Git hook not working

Question

My git hook does not seem to be working. Namely a commit-msg hook from gerrit.

The commit-msg hook exist in <repo>/.git/hooks/ and has proper syntax.

Answer 1

Make sure your hook files are executable. If you use i.e. curl to download hooks, make sure you chmod +x them.

$ pwd
<repo>/.git/hooks
$ chmod +x commit-msg

If you use scp to get your hooks, the flag -p might set proper modes for you.