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diff --git a/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b1f7dc643a --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt @@ -0,0 +1,157 @@ +git-receive-pack(1) +=================== + +NAME +---- +git-receive-pack - Receive what is pushed into the repository + + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +'git-receive-pack' <directory> + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +Invoked by 'git send-pack' and updates the repository with the +information fed from the remote end. + +This command is usually not invoked directly by the end user. +The UI for the protocol is on the 'git send-pack' side, and the +program pair is meant to be used to push updates to remote +repository. For pull operations, see linkgit:git-fetch-pack[1]. + +The command allows for creation and fast-forwarding of sha1 refs +(heads/tags) on the remote end (strictly speaking, it is the +local end 'git-receive-pack' runs, but to the user who is sitting at +the send-pack end, it is updating the remote. Confused?) + +There are other real-world examples of using update and +post-update hooks found in the Documentation/howto directory. + +'git-receive-pack' honours the receive.denyNonFastForwards config +option, which tells it if updates to a ref should be denied if they +are not fast-forwards. + +OPTIONS +------- +<directory>:: + The repository to sync into. + +pre-receive Hook +---------------- +Before any ref is updated, if $GIT_DIR/hooks/pre-receive file exists +and is executable, it will be invoked once with no parameters. The +standard input of the hook will be one line per ref to be updated: + + sha1-old SP sha1-new SP refname LF + +The refname value is relative to $GIT_DIR; e.g. for the master +head this is "refs/heads/master". The two sha1 values before +each refname are the object names for the refname before and after +the update. Refs to be created will have sha1-old equal to 0\{40}, +while refs to be deleted will have sha1-new equal to 0\{40}, otherwise +sha1-old and sha1-new should be valid objects in the repository. + +This hook is called before any refname is updated and before any +fast-forward checks are performed. + +If the pre-receive hook exits with a non-zero exit status no updates +will be performed, and the update, post-receive and post-update +hooks will not be invoked either. This can be useful to quickly +bail out if the update is not to be supported. + +update Hook +----------- +Before each ref is updated, if $GIT_DIR/hooks/update file exists +and is executable, it is invoked once per ref, with three parameters: + + $GIT_DIR/hooks/update refname sha1-old sha1-new + +The refname parameter is relative to $GIT_DIR; e.g. for the master +head this is "refs/heads/master". The two sha1 arguments are +the object names for the refname before and after the update. +Note that the hook is called before the refname is updated, +so either sha1-old is 0\{40} (meaning there is no such ref yet), +or it should match what is recorded in refname. + +The hook should exit with non-zero status if it wants to disallow +updating the named ref. Otherwise it should exit with zero. + +Successful execution (a zero exit status) of this hook does not +ensure the ref will actually be updated, it is only a prerequisite. +As such it is not a good idea to send notices (e.g. email) from +this hook. Consider using the post-receive hook instead. + +post-receive Hook +----------------- +After all refs were updated (or attempted to be updated), if any +ref update was successful, and if $GIT_DIR/hooks/post-receive +file exists and is executable, it will be invoked once with no +parameters. The standard input of the hook will be one line +for each successfully updated ref: + + sha1-old SP sha1-new SP refname LF + +The refname value is relative to $GIT_DIR; e.g. for the master +head this is "refs/heads/master". The two sha1 values before +each refname are the object names for the refname before and after +the update. Refs that were created will have sha1-old equal to +0\{40}, while refs that were deleted will have sha1-new equal to +0\{40}, otherwise sha1-old and sha1-new should be valid objects in +the repository. + +Using this hook, it is easy to generate mails describing the updates +to the repository. This example script sends one mail message per +ref listing the commits pushed to the repository: + + #!/bin/sh + # mail out commit update information. + while read oval nval ref + do + if expr "$oval" : '0*$' >/dev/null + then + echo "Created a new ref, with the following commits:" + git rev-list --pretty "$nval" + else + echo "New commits:" + git rev-list --pretty "$nval" "^$oval" + fi | + mail -s "Changes to ref $ref" commit-list@mydomain + done + exit 0 + +The exit code from this hook invocation is ignored, however a +non-zero exit code will generate an error message. + +Note that it is possible for refname to not have sha1-new when this +hook runs. This can easily occur if another user modifies the ref +after it was updated by 'git-receive-pack', but before the hook was able +to evaluate it. It is recommended that hooks rely on sha1-new +rather than the current value of refname. + +post-update Hook +---------------- +After all other processing, if at least one ref was updated, and +if $GIT_DIR/hooks/post-update file exists and is executable, then +post-update will be called with the list of refs that have been updated. +This can be used to implement any repository wide cleanup tasks. + +The exit code from this hook invocation is ignored; the only thing +left for 'git-receive-pack' to do at that point is to exit itself +anyway. + +This hook can be used, for example, to run `git update-server-info` +if the repository is packed and is served via a dumb transport. + + #!/bin/sh + exec git update-server-info + + +SEE ALSO +-------- +linkgit:git-send-pack[1], linkgit:gitnamespaces[7] + +GIT +--- +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |