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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt')
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt index 6914aa59c3..2633d94c59 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt @@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ standard input of the hook will be one line per ref to be updated: 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 +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 @@ -71,14 +71,14 @@ 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), +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 actully be updated, it is only a prerequisite. +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. @@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ 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 +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 |