4 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/templates/hooks--applypatch-msg.sample b/templates/hooks--applypatch-msg.sample
index 8b2a2fe84f..a5d7b84a67 100755
--- a/templates/hooks--applypatch-msg.sample
+++ b/templates/hooks--applypatch-msg.sample
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
 # To enable this hook, rename this file to "applypatch-msg".
 
 . git-sh-setup
-test -x "$GIT_DIR/hooks/commit-msg" &&
-	exec "$GIT_DIR/hooks/commit-msg" ${1+"$@"}
+commitmsg="$(git rev-parse --git-path hooks/commit-msg)"
+test -x "$commitmsg" && exec "$commitmsg" ${1+"$@"}
 :
diff --git a/templates/hooks--pre-applypatch.sample b/templates/hooks--pre-applypatch.sample
index b1f187c2e9..4142082bcb 100755
--- a/templates/hooks--pre-applypatch.sample
+++ b/templates/hooks--pre-applypatch.sample
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@
 # To enable this hook, rename this file to "pre-applypatch".
 
 . git-sh-setup
-test -x "$GIT_DIR/hooks/pre-commit" &&
-	exec "$GIT_DIR/hooks/pre-commit" ${1+"$@"}
+precommit="$(git rev-parse --git-path hooks/pre-commit)"
+test -x "$precommit" && exec "$precommit" ${1+"$@"}
 :
diff --git a/templates/hooks--pre-push.sample b/templates/hooks--pre-push.sample
index 1f3bcebfd7..6187dbf439 100755
--- a/templates/hooks--pre-push.sample
+++ b/templates/hooks--pre-push.sample
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ url="$2"
 
 z40=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
 
-IFS=' '
 while read local_ref local_sha remote_ref remote_sha
 do
 	if [ "$local_sha" = $z40 ]
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ do
 		commit=`git rev-list -n 1 --grep '^WIP' "$range"`
 		if [ -n "$commit" ]
 		then
-			echo "Found WIP commit in $local_ref, not pushing"
+			echo >&2 "Found WIP commit in $local_ref, not pushing"
 			exit 1
 		fi
 	fi
diff --git a/templates/hooks--update.sample b/templates/hooks--update.sample
index d84758373d..80ba94135c 100755
--- a/templates/hooks--update.sample
+++ b/templates/hooks--update.sample
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
-# An example hook script to blocks unannotated tags from entering.
+# An example hook script to block unannotated tags from entering.
 # Called by "git receive-pack" with arguments: refname sha1-old sha1-new
 #
 # To enable this hook, rename this file to "update".