diff --git a/test/git-hooks-pre-commit.test.ts b/test/git-hooks-pre-commit.test.ts
index f2f6d208804..88252e57297 100644
--- a/test/git-hooks-pre-commit.test.ts
+++ b/test/git-hooks-pre-commit.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { execFileSync } from "node:child_process";
-import { chmodSync, copyFileSync } from "node:fs";
-import { mkdir, mkdtemp, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { mkdirSync, mkdtempSync, symlinkSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
 import os from "node:os";
 import path from "node:path";
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
@@ -10,33 +9,31 @@ const run = (cwd: string, cmd: string, args: string[] = []) => {
 };
 
 describe("git-hooks/pre-commit (integration)", () => {
-  it("does not treat staged filenames as git-add flags (e.g. --all)", async () => {
-    const dir = await mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "openclaw-pre-commit-"));
+  it("does not treat staged filenames as git-add flags (e.g. --all)", () => {
+    const dir = mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "openclaw-pre-commit-"));
     run(dir, "git", ["init", "-q"]);
 
     // Copy the hook + helpers so the test exercises real on-disk wiring.
-    await mkdir(path.join(dir, "git-hooks"), { recursive: true });
-    await mkdir(path.join(dir, "scripts", "pre-commit"), { recursive: true });
-    copyFileSync(
+    mkdirSync(path.join(dir, "git-hooks"), { recursive: true });
+    mkdirSync(path.join(dir, "scripts", "pre-commit"), { recursive: true });
+    symlinkSync(
       path.join(process.cwd(), "git-hooks", "pre-commit"),
       path.join(dir, "git-hooks", "pre-commit"),
     );
-    copyFileSync(
+    symlinkSync(
       path.join(process.cwd(), "scripts", "pre-commit", "run-node-tool.sh"),
       path.join(dir, "scripts", "pre-commit", "run-node-tool.sh"),
     );
-    copyFileSync(
+    symlinkSync(
       path.join(process.cwd(), "scripts", "pre-commit", "filter-staged-files.mjs"),
       path.join(dir, "scripts", "pre-commit", "filter-staged-files.mjs"),
     );
-    chmodSync(path.join(dir, "git-hooks", "pre-commit"), 0o755);
-    chmodSync(path.join(dir, "scripts", "pre-commit", "run-node-tool.sh"), 0o755);
 
     // Create an untracked file that should NOT be staged by the hook.
-    await writeFile(path.join(dir, "secret.txt"), "do-not-stage\n");
+    writeFileSync(path.join(dir, "secret.txt"), "do-not-stage\n", "utf8");
 
     // Stage a maliciously-named file. Older hooks using `xargs git add` could run `git add --all`.
-    await writeFile(path.join(dir, "--all"), "flag\n");
+    writeFileSync(path.join(dir, "--all"), "flag\n", "utf8");
     run(dir, "git", ["add", "--", "--all"]);
 
     // Run the hook directly (same logic as when installed via core.hooksPath).