I guess you missed a:
chmod +x .git/hooks/ctags
On the script, which you need to set the executable bit.
Question
I followed Tim Pope's blog post on effortless ctags with git however it doesn't seem to work.
The output of git ctags
fatal: cannot exec '.git/hooks/ctags': Permission denied
I have followed the instructions as he as explained.
My ~/.git_template/hooks
folder has the following files.
ctags post-checkout post-commit post-merge post-rewrite
I have tried reinitializing a repository and committing but neither seems to generate the ctags.
Solution
I guess you missed a:
chmod +x .git/hooks/ctags
On the script, which you need to set the executable bit.