Re: [boost] Executable files in Boost git repostories

Subject: Re: [boost] Executable files in Boost git repostories
From: Edward Diener (eldiener_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-12-05 21:49:57

On 12/4/2018 10:34 AM, Rene Rivera via Boost wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 9:28 AM Edward Diener via Boost <
> boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> 
>> On 12/4/2018 8:03 AM, Rene Rivera via Boost wrote:
>>> On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 4:03 AM Andrey Semashev via Boost <
>>> boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yes, I'm in favor of adding some sort of a server-side git hook. For
>>>> that all script files need to have an appropriate extension so that they
>>>> can be whitelisted to have an executable permission. Though I'm not sure
>>>> how server-side git hooks work with GitHub.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I don't think there's anything like git server-side hooks.
>>
>> https://git-scm.com/docs/githooks and
>> https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Customizing-Git-Git-Hooks suggest
>> otherwise, although understanding how to write a hook from the sparse
>> documentation seems difficult to me. Maybe someone who has written a git
>> hook before understands how we can cycle through the files in a 'git
>> push' and, if one of those files is a source file with its executable
>> bit set, reject the push.
>>
> 
> GitHub doesn't allow those server side hooks.

Are you saying that we have no access to the .git or .git/hooks 
subdirectory of a Github hosted repository ?