Git: move folder on post-receive

Question

Is it possible to move/rename a folder in a post-receive (or any other hook) on a bare repository?

#!/bin/sh
mv /path/to/worktree/src /path/to/worktree/public

When I try to push to the repository I get an error:

remote: mv: cannot stat `/path/to/worktree/src': No such file or directory

I am sure that the folder exists in my local branch.

Bare repository doesn't have a workdir, that's why it's called "bare". — kan, May 18 '16 at 20:19
Oh, yeah of course. Later in `post-receive` I am calling `git --work-tree=/path/to/worktree/ --git-dir=/path/to/repo/ checkout -f master`. So, perhaps it's just a matter of calling `mv` right after. — NinjaFart, May 18 '16 at 20:35

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

Later in post-receive I am calling git --work-tree=/path/to/worktree/ --git-dir=/path/to/repo/ checkout -f master
So, perhaps it's just a matter of calling mv right after.

Exactly: right after, and in an actual worktree (/path/to/worktree/) instead of the current bare repo. Any action on files needs to be done in a checked out repo instead of a bare repo.

The other approach would be to push directly to a non-bare repo, but your approach is safer (first updating a bare repo, then checkout/update elsewhere).

Git: move folder on post-receive

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