8 files changed, 35 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/templates/Makefile b/templates/Makefile
index 408f0137a8..d22a71a399 100644
--- a/templates/Makefile
+++ b/templates/Makefile
@@ -11,6 +11,16 @@ prefix ?= $(HOME)
 template_instdir ?= $(prefix)/share/git-core/templates
 # DESTDIR=
 
+ifndef SHELL_PATH
+	SHELL_PATH = /bin/sh
+endif
+ifndef PERL_PATH
+	PERL_PATH = perl
+endif
+
+SHELL_PATH_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(SHELL_PATH))
+PERL_PATH_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(PERL_PATH))
+
 # Shell quote (do not use $(call) to accommodate ancient setups);
 DESTDIR_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(DESTDIR))
 template_instdir_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(template_instdir))
@@ -33,8 +43,11 @@ boilerplates.made : $(bpsrc)
 		case "$$boilerplate" in \
 		*--) continue;; \
 		esac && \
-		cp $$boilerplate blt/$$dst && \
-		if test -x "blt/$$dst"; then rx=rx; else rx=r; fi && \
+		sed -e '1s|#!.*/sh|#!$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)|' \
+		    -e 's|@SHELL_PATH@|$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)|' \
+		    -e 's|@PERL_PATH@|$(PERL_PATH_SQ)|g' $$boilerplate > \
+			blt/$$dst && \
+		if test -x "$$boilerplate"; then rx=rx; else rx=r; fi && \
 		chmod a+$$rx "blt/$$dst" || exit; \
 	done && \
 	date >$@
diff --git a/templates/hooks--commit-msg.sample b/templates/hooks--commit-msg.sample
index 6ef1d29d09..b58d1184a9 100755
--- a/templates/hooks--commit-msg.sample
+++ b/templates/hooks--commit-msg.sample
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
 # An example hook script to check the commit log message.
-# Called by git-commit with one argument, the name of the file
+# Called by "git commit" with one argument, the name of the file
 # that has the commit message.  The hook should exit with non-zero
 # status after issuing an appropriate message if it wants to stop the
 # commit.  The hook is allowed to edit the commit message file.
diff --git a/templates/hooks--post-update.sample b/templates/hooks--post-update.sample
index 5323b56b81..ec17ec1939 100755
--- a/templates/hooks--post-update.sample
+++ b/templates/hooks--post-update.sample
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 #
 # To enable this hook, rename this file to "post-update".
 
-exec git-update-server-info
+exec git update-server-info
diff --git a/templates/hooks--pre-commit.sample b/templates/hooks--pre-commit.sample
index 439eefda51..b187c4bb1f 100755
--- a/templates/hooks--pre-commit.sample
+++ b/templates/hooks--pre-commit.sample
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
 # An example hook script to verify what is about to be committed.
-# Called by git-commit with no arguments.  The hook should
+# Called by "git commit" with no arguments.  The hook should
 # exit with non-zero status after issuing an appropriate message if
 # it wants to stop the commit.
 #
 # To enable this hook, rename this file to "pre-commit".
 
-if git-rev-parse --verify HEAD >/dev/null 2>&1
+if git rev-parse --verify HEAD >/dev/null 2>&1
 then
 	against=HEAD
 else
diff --git a/templates/hooks--pre-rebase.sample b/templates/hooks--pre-rebase.sample
index be1b06e250..053f1111c0 100755
--- a/templates/hooks--pre-rebase.sample
+++ b/templates/hooks--pre-rebase.sample
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2006, 2008 Junio C Hamano
 #
-# The "pre-rebase" hook is run just before "git-rebase" starts doing
+# The "pre-rebase" hook is run just before "git rebase" starts doing
 # its job, and can prevent the command from running by exiting with
 # non-zero status.
 #
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ git show-ref -q "$topic" || {
 }
 
 # Is topic fully merged to master?
-not_in_master=`git-rev-list --pretty=oneline ^master "$topic"`
+not_in_master=`git rev-list --pretty=oneline ^master "$topic"`
 if test -z "$not_in_master"
 then
 	echo >&2 "$topic is fully merged to master; better remove it."
@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@ then
 fi
 
 # Is topic ever merged to next?  If so you should not be rebasing it.
-only_next_1=`git-rev-list ^master "^$topic" ${publish} | sort`
-only_next_2=`git-rev-list ^master           ${publish} | sort`
+only_next_1=`git rev-list ^master "^$topic" ${publish} | sort`
+only_next_2=`git rev-list ^master           ${publish} | sort`
 if test "$only_next_1" = "$only_next_2"
 then
-	not_in_topic=`git-rev-list "^$topic" master`
+	not_in_topic=`git rev-list "^$topic" master`
 	if test -z "$not_in_topic"
 	then
 		echo >&2 "$topic is already up-to-date with master"
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ then
 		exit 0
 	fi
 else
-	not_in_next=`git-rev-list --pretty=oneline ^${publish} "$topic"`
-	perl -e '
+	not_in_next=`git rev-list --pretty=oneline ^${publish} "$topic"`
+	@PERL_PATH@ -e '
 		my $topic = $ARGV[0];
 		my $msg = "* $topic has commits already merged to public branch:\n";
 		my (%not_in_next) = map {
@@ -157,13 +157,13 @@ B to be deleted.
 
 To compute (1):
 
-	git-rev-list ^master ^topic next
-	git-rev-list ^master        next
+	git rev-list ^master ^topic next
+	git rev-list ^master        next
 
 	if these match, topic has not merged in next at all.
 
 To compute (2):
 
-	git-rev-list master..topic
+	git rev-list master..topic
 
 	if this is empty, it is fully merged to "master".
diff --git a/templates/hooks--prepare-commit-msg.sample b/templates/hooks--prepare-commit-msg.sample
index 365242499d..86b8f227ec 100755
--- a/templates/hooks--prepare-commit-msg.sample
+++ b/templates/hooks--prepare-commit-msg.sample
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
 # An example hook script to prepare the commit log message.
-# Called by git-commit with the name of the file that has the
+# Called by "git commit" with the name of the file that has the
 # commit message, followed by the description of the commit
 # message's source.  The hook's purpose is to edit the commit
 # message file.  If the hook fails with a non-zero status,
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@
 
 case "$2,$3" in
   merge,)
-    perl -i.bak -ne 's/^/# /, s/^# #/#/ if /^Conflicts/ .. /#/; print' "$1" ;;
+    @PERL_PATH@ -i.bak -ne 's/^/# /, s/^# #/#/ if /^Conflicts/ .. /#/; print' "$1" ;;
 
 # ,|template,)
-#   perl -i.bak -pe '
+#   @PERL_PATH@ -i.bak -pe '
 #      print "\n" . `git diff --cached --name-status -r`
 #	 if /^#/ && $first++ == 0' "$1" ;;
 
diff --git a/templates/hooks--update.sample b/templates/hooks--update.sample
index fd63b2d662..71ab04edc0 100755
--- a/templates/hooks--update.sample
+++ b/templates/hooks--update.sample
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
 # An example hook script to blocks unannotated tags from entering.
-# Called by git-receive-pack with arguments: refname sha1-old sha1-new
+# Called by "git receive-pack" with arguments: refname sha1-old sha1-new
 #
 # To enable this hook, rename this file to "update".
 #
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ zero="0000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
 if [ "$newrev" = "$zero" ]; then
 	newrev_type=delete
 else
-	newrev_type=$(git-cat-file -t $newrev)
+	newrev_type=$(git cat-file -t $newrev)
 fi
 
 case "$refname","$newrev_type" in
diff --git a/templates/info--exclude b/templates/info--exclude
index 2c87b72dff..a5196d1be8 100644
--- a/templates/info--exclude
+++ b/templates/info--exclude
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# git-ls-files --others --exclude-from=.git/info/exclude
+# git ls-files --others --exclude-from=.git/info/exclude
 # Lines that start with '#' are comments.
 # For a project mostly in C, the following would be a good set of
 # exclude patterns (uncomment them if you want to use them):