diff --git a/scripts/hooks/pre-push b/scripts/hooks/pre-push
index 0b142295..c1daf209 100755
--- a/scripts/hooks/pre-push
+++ b/scripts/hooks/pre-push
@@ -5,6 +5,19 @@
 
 set -e
 
+# Git exports repository-local environment variables to hooks. Clear them so
+# child processes can discover or create repositories outside this worktree.
+if ! git_local_env_vars="$(git rev-parse --local-env-vars)"; then
+  echo "Failed to discover repository-local Git environment variables." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+while IFS= read -r git_var; do
+  if [[ -n "$git_var" ]]; then
+    unset "$git_var"
+  fi
+done <<< "$git_local_env_vars"
+
 echo "Running pre-push quality gates..."
 
 echo "→ Linting..."
diff --git a/test/unit/scripts/pre-push-hook.test.js b/test/unit/scripts/pre-push-hook.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2b90b9a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/scripts/pre-push-hook.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import {
+  chmodSync,
+  existsSync,
+  mkdirSync,
+  mkdtempSync,
+  readFileSync,
+  rmSync,
+  writeFileSync,
+} from 'node:fs';
+import { spawnSync } from 'node:child_process';
+import os from 'node:os';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
+
+const repoRoot = path.resolve(path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), '../../../');
+const hookPath = path.join(repoRoot, 'scripts/hooks/pre-push');
+
+describe('pre-push hook', () => {
+  it('clears repository-local Git variables before invoking quality gates', () => {
+    const fixture = createFixture({ gitExitCode: 0 });
+
+    try {
+      const result = runHook(fixture);
+
+      expect(result.status).toBe(0);
+      expect(readFileSync(fixture.logPath, 'utf8').trim().split('\n')).toEqual([
+        'unset|unset|run lint',
+        'unset|unset|test',
+      ]);
+    } finally {
+      fixture.cleanup();
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('fails closed before quality gates when Git variable discovery fails', () => {
+    const fixture = createFixture({ gitExitCode: 42 });
+
+    try {
+      const result = runHook(fixture);
+
+      expect(result.status).not.toBe(0);
+      expect(result.stderr).toContain('Failed to discover repository-local Git environment variables.');
+      expect(existsSync(fixture.logPath)).toBe(false);
+    } finally {
+      fixture.cleanup();
+    }
+  });
+});
+
+function createFixture({ gitExitCode }) {
+  const root = mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'git-cas-pre-push-'));
+  const binPath = path.join(root, 'bin');
+  const logPath = path.join(root, 'pnpm.log');
+  const gitPath = path.join(binPath, 'git');
+  const pnpmPath = path.join(binPath, 'pnpm');
+
+  writeExecutable(
+    gitPath,
+    `#!/usr/bin/env bash\nif [[ ${gitExitCode} -ne 0 ]]; then exit ${gitExitCode}; fi\nprintf 'GIT_DIR\\nGIT_WORK_TREE\\n'\n`,
+  );
+  writeExecutable(
+    pnpmPath,
+    `#!/usr/bin/env bash\nprintf '%s|%s|%s\\n' "\${GIT_DIR-unset}" "\${GIT_WORK_TREE-unset}" "$*" >> "$HOOK_LOG"\n`,
+  );
+
+  return {
+    binPath,
+    logPath,
+    cleanup: () => rmSync(root, { recursive: true, force: true }),
+  };
+}
+
+function runHook(fixture) {
+  return spawnSync('bash', [hookPath], {
+    cwd: repoRoot,
+    encoding: 'utf8',
+    env: {
+      ...process.env,
+      PATH: `${fixture.binPath}:${process.env.PATH}`,
+      GIT_DIR: '/contaminating/repository',
+      GIT_WORK_TREE: '/contaminating/worktree',
+      HOOK_LOG: fixture.logPath,
+    },
+  });
+}
+
+function writeExecutable(filePath, source) {
+  mkdirSync(path.dirname(filePath), { recursive: true });
+  writeFileSync(filePath, source);
+  chmodSync(filePath, 0o755);
+}