How to add git hook to non /var/www folder

Question

I found this question which tells how to create a git hook to automatically pull updates to a folder Automatic git pull on server

Basically, it says to add a php file to the folder, then the hook will do an http request to execute the script.

My problem is that I am updating python scripts that are not in the /var/www folder, but rather in the /usr folder.

I don't want these files accessible via the web, so is there a way to execute a git pull request on a remote server for a folder outside /var/www?

Answer 1

You can put your bare repo (which includes your hook) anywhere you want.

Then the hook can execute a script again placed anywhere you want.

None of those two elements needs to be in /var/www.

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The idea is:

• declare a webhook in your GitLab project for a push event,
• add a script listening to the JSON payload on the remote server: that script will do a git pull.
  It can be a php script (as in this example) or a script in any other language.