I'm trying to write a pre-commit hook for a git repo in perl, on Windows 10 using git bash.

Everything works fine with pure perl but then I tried to use a module and I realise it's using its own, somewhat limited Perl. How can I make git bash use Strawberry Perl for instance? It seems to ignore the shebang line.

But even more mysterious, how is it using Perl at all if it's not reading the shebang line? There's no .pl extension on the file name, and hooks can be in any language.

It appears that git bash is reading the shebang line just enough to figure out that 'perl' is in there somewhere, but not enough to find the perl I want?

In reply to Can I convince Git Bash to use a specific version of Perl by Cody Fendant

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