Unable to checkout on git remote server?

Question

I initialized a remote ssh repo using git init --bare and added the following post-receive hooks

#!/bin/sh            

dest=/home/git/api
rm -rf $dest         
mkdir -p $dest       
GIT_WORK_TREE=$dest  
git checkout --force

The problem is i keep getting error

remote: fatal: This operation must be run in a work tree

I don't understand this error where am i going wrong ?

You are trying to checkout in a bare repository, which is not possible. The error already states whats wrong. — ckruczek, Jul 12 '17 at 09:31
Possibly [This](https://stackoverflow.com/a/1456998/1665058) is your problem? — Dusty, Jul 12 '17 at 09:34

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 12 '17 at 09:43

2

There's no work tree in a bare repository. So, you'll have to clone the repo and add the hook.

answered Jul 12 '17 at 09:43

vraj010

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