post-commit hook produces error on svn commit but works when run on manually on command line

Question

I am currently trying to set up the post-commit hook for my subversion repository to send a email notifications. I am using subversion 1.7.8. My post-commit hook script is as

Answer 1

There could be many possible reasons why your hook isn't firing:

• For security reasons, Subversion hook scripts are run without any environment variables being set. So, set the environment variables in the hook, and use absolute paths for running applications
• Network drive mappings are user specific. Ensure that the drives exist for the user account under which the SVN server is running
• Hooks don't execute from the hooks/ folder, they execute from the root server's folder

More info:

• Subversion Book: Implementing Repository Hooks
• Debugging Subversion Repository Hooks

Hope this helps.