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To trigger a git hook after a pull i made a post-merge hook. The script looks like this:

#!/bin/sh
git log > gitlog.txt

The file is called 'post-merge' and has the same owner as the one that runs the pull command. Also it has the right permissions : 755.

When u do i git pull [remote] master i get this error:

error: cannot run .git/hooks/post-merge: No such file or directory

The post-merge file is in the .git/hooks folder.

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You may want to check if there is no CR or similar invisible character behind the sh.

This happens sometimes when a file passed through a windows system.

I think in vi it will show up a ^M

If that is the case remove it and it should work.

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    Thanx this is the right answer. I removed the CR in notepad++ by doing Edit->EOL Conversion-> UNIX Format. It was on Windows Format and that has a CR LF – InfoTracer Aug 25 '10 at 08:23
  • @PeterTillemans if only I could +10 this answer. This has had me stumped for at least 20 mins... – max_ Aug 08 '12 at 01:54