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authorLibravatar Simon Ruderich <simon@ruderich.org>2017-04-29 14:28:29 +0200
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2017-05-01 10:56:15 +0900
commit501d3cd7b8cf469e6a5aa86809fc25316695d344 (patch)
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parentPrepare for 2.12.3 (diff)
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githooks.txt: clarify push hooks are always executed in $GIT_DIR
Listing the specific hooks might feel verbose but without it the reader is left to wonder which hooks are triggered during the push. Something which is not immediately obvious when only trying to find out where the hook is executed. Signed-off-by: Simon Ruderich <simon@ruderich.org> Reviewed-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -22,8 +22,10 @@ changed via the `core.hooksPath` configuration variable (see
linkgit:git-config[1]).
Before Git invokes a hook, it changes its working directory to either
-the root of the working tree in a non-bare repository, or to the
-$GIT_DIR in a bare repository.
+$GIT_DIR in a bare repository or the root of the working tree in a non-bare
+repository. An exception are hooks triggered during a push ('pre-receive',
+'update', 'post-receive', 'post-update', 'push-to-checkout') which are always
+executed in $GIT_DIR.
Hooks can get their arguments via the environment, command-line
arguments, and stdin. See the documentation for each hook below for