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1 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/githooks.txt b/Documentation/githooks.txt index 9565dc3fda..623ed1a138 100644 --- a/Documentation/githooks.txt +++ b/Documentation/githooks.txt @@ -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 @@ -119,8 +121,8 @@ it is not suppressed by the `--no-verify` option. A non-zero exit means a failure of the hook and aborts the commit. It should not be used as replacement for pre-commit hook. -The sample `prepare-commit-msg` hook that comes with Git comments -out the `Conflicts:` part of a merge's commit message. +The sample `prepare-commit-msg` hook that comes with Git removes the +help message found in the commented portion of the commit template. commit-msg ~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -256,6 +258,9 @@ environment variables will not be set. If the client selects to use push options, but doesn't transmit any, the count variable will be set to zero, `GIT_PUSH_OPTION_COUNT=0`. +See the section on "Quarantine Environment" in +linkgit:git-receive-pack[1] for some caveats. + [[update]] update ~~~~~~ @@ -442,6 +447,14 @@ rebase:: The commits are guaranteed to be listed in the order that they were processed by rebase. +sendemail-validate +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +This hook is invoked by 'git send-email'. It takes a single parameter, +the name of the file that holds the e-mail to be sent. Exiting with a +non-zero status causes 'git send-email' to abort before sending any +e-mails. + GIT --- |