Cowardly refusing to install hooks with `core.hooksPath` set

Question

I tried to run this command but it always shows this error. Help me, please!

$ pre-commit install
[ERROR] Cowardly refusing to install hooks with `core.hooksPath` set.
hint: `git config --unset-all core.hooksPath`

Answer 1

1. Run:

   git config --unset-all core.hooksPath
   

2. If the global core.hooksPath is not empty, run:

   git config --global --unset-all core.hooksPath
   

   But of course, it's global so be careful.

   Why pre-commit is nonfunctional with global hooks? see issue

Answer 2

You are getting the above error because of setting up a global hook path.

It can be resolved in below two ways: -

1. Unset the global hook path as below: -

   git config --unset core.hooksPath
   

2. Set local hooks path as below: -

   git config --local core.hooksPath .git/hooks
   

There is a very interesting conversation on this topic, I will highly recommend going through it once:-

issue Cowardly refusing to install hooks with core.hooksPath set

Please let me know in the comments if this resolves your problem. I am super curious about it.