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+++ b/Documentation/githooks.txt
@@ -99,6 +99,32 @@ All the `git commit` hooks are invoked with the environment
variable `GIT_EDITOR=:` if the command will not bring up an editor
to modify the commit message.
+The default 'pre-commit' hook, when enabled--and with the
+`hooks.allownonascii` config option unset or set to false--prevents
+the use of non-ASCII filenames.
+
+pre-merge-commit
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+This hook is invoked by linkgit:git-merge[1], and can be bypassed
+with the `--no-verify` option. It takes no parameters, and is
+invoked after the merge has been carried out successfully and before
+obtaining the proposed commit log message to
+make a commit. Exiting with a non-zero status from this script
+causes the `git merge` command to abort before creating a commit.
+
+The default 'pre-merge-commit' hook, when enabled, runs the
+'pre-commit' hook, if the latter is enabled.
+
+This hook is invoked with the environment variable
+`GIT_EDITOR=:` if the command will not bring up an editor
+to modify the commit message.
+
+If the merge cannot be carried out automatically, the conflicts
+need to be resolved and the result committed separately (see
+linkgit:git-merge[1]). At that point, this hook will not be executed,
+but the 'pre-commit' hook will, if it is enabled.
+
prepare-commit-msg
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -161,12 +187,13 @@ rebased, and is not set when rebasing the current branch.
post-checkout
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-This hook is invoked when a linkgit:git-checkout[1] is run after having updated the
+This hook is invoked when a linkgit:git-checkout[1] or
+linkgit:git-switch[1] is run after having updated the
worktree. The hook is given three parameters: the ref of the previous HEAD,
the ref of the new HEAD (which may or may not have changed), and a flag
indicating whether the checkout was a branch checkout (changing branches,
flag=1) or a file checkout (retrieving a file from the index, flag=0).
-This hook cannot affect the outcome of `git checkout`.
+This hook cannot affect the outcome of `git switch` or `git checkout`.
It is also run after linkgit:git-clone[1], unless the `--no-checkout` (`-n`) option is
used. The first parameter given to the hook is the null-ref, the second the
@@ -402,7 +429,8 @@ exit with a zero status.
For example, the hook can simply run `git read-tree -u -m HEAD "$1"`
in order to emulate `git fetch` that is run in the reverse direction
with `git push`, as the two-tree form of `git read-tree -u -m` is
-essentially the same as `git checkout` that switches branches while
+essentially the same as `git switch` or `git checkout`
+that switches branches while
keeping the local changes in the working tree that do not interfere
with the difference between the branches.
@@ -419,10 +447,12 @@ post-rewrite
This hook is invoked by commands that rewrite commits
(linkgit:git-commit[1] when called with `--amend` and
-linkgit:git-rebase[1]; currently `git filter-branch` does 'not' call
-it!). Its first argument denotes the command it was invoked by:
-currently one of `amend` or `rebase`. Further command-dependent
-arguments may be passed in the future.
+linkgit:git-rebase[1]; however, full-history (re)writing tools like
+linkgit:git-fast-import[1] or
+https://github.com/newren/git-filter-repo[git-filter-repo] typically
+do not call it!). Its first argument denotes the command it was
+invoked by: currently one of `amend` or `rebase`. Further
+command-dependent arguments may be passed in the future.
The hook receives a list of the rewritten commits on stdin, in the
format
@@ -460,9 +490,16 @@ fsmonitor-watchman
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This hook is invoked when the configuration option `core.fsmonitor` is
-set to `.git/hooks/fsmonitor-watchman`. It takes two arguments, a version
-(currently 1) and the time in elapsed nanoseconds since midnight,
-January 1, 1970.
+set to `.git/hooks/fsmonitor-watchman` or `.git/hooks/fsmonitor-watchmanv2`
+depending on the version of the hook to use.
+
+Version 1 takes two arguments, a version (1) and the time in elapsed
+nanoseconds since midnight, January 1, 1970.
+
+Version 2 takes two arguments, a version (2) and a token that is used
+for identifying changes since the token. For watchman this would be
+a clock id. This version must output to stdout the new token followed
+by a NUL before the list of files.
The hook should output to stdout the list of all files in the working
directory that may have changed since the requested time. The logic
@@ -485,12 +522,79 @@ The exit status determines whether git will use the data from the
hook to limit its search. On error, it will fall back to verifying
all files and folders.
+p4-changelist
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+This hook is invoked by `git-p4 submit`.
+
+The `p4-changelist` hook is executed after the changelist
+message has been edited by the user. It can be bypassed with the
+`--no-verify` option. It takes a single parameter, the name
+of the file that holds the proposed changelist text. Exiting
+with a non-zero status causes the command to abort.
+
+The hook is allowed to edit the changelist file and can be used
+to normalize the text into some project standard format. It can
+also be used to refuse the Submit after inspect the message file.
+
+Run `git-p4 submit --help` for details.
+
+p4-prepare-changelist
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+This hook is invoked by `git-p4 submit`.
+
+The `p4-prepare-changelist` hook is executed right after preparing
+the default changelist message and before the editor is started.
+It takes one parameter, the name of the file that contains the
+changelist text. Exiting with a non-zero status from the script
+will abort the process.
+
+The purpose of the hook is to edit the message file in place,
+and it is not supressed by the `--no-verify` option. This hook
+is called even if `--prepare-p4-only` is set.
+
+Run `git-p4 submit --help` for details.
+
+p4-post-changelist
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+This hook is invoked by `git-p4 submit`.
+
+The `p4-post-changelist` hook is invoked after the submit has
+successfully occured in P4. It takes no parameters and is meant
+primarily for notification and cannot affect the outcome of the
+git p4 submit action.
+
+Run `git-p4 submit --help` for details.
+
p4-pre-submit
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This hook is invoked by `git-p4 submit`. It takes no parameters and nothing
from standard input. Exiting with non-zero status from this script prevent
-`git-p4 submit` from launching. Run `git-p4 submit --help` for details.
+`git-p4 submit` from launching. It can be bypassed with the `--no-verify`
+command line option. Run `git-p4 submit --help` for details.
+
+
+
+post-index-change
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+This hook is invoked when the index is written in read-cache.c
+do_write_locked_index.
+
+The first parameter passed to the hook is the indicator for the
+working directory being updated. "1" meaning working directory
+was updated or "0" when the working directory was not updated.
+
+The second parameter passed to the hook is the indicator for whether
+or not the index was updated and the skip-worktree bit could have
+changed. "1" meaning skip-worktree bits could have been updated
+and "0" meaning they were not.
+
+Only one parameter should be set to "1" when the hook runs. The hook
+running passing "1", "1" should not be possible.
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