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diff --git a/Documentation/hooks.txt b/Documentation/hooks.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..aabb9750fd --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/hooks.txt @@ -0,0 +1,225 @@ +Hooks used by git +================= + +Hooks are little scripts you can place in `$GIT_DIR/hooks` +directory to trigger action at certain points. When +`git-init` is run, a handful example hooks are copied in the +`hooks` directory of the new repository, but by default they are +all disabled. To enable a hook, make it executable with `chmod +x`. + +This document describes the currently defined hooks. + +applypatch-msg +-------------- + +This hook is invoked by `git-applypatch` script, which is +typically invoked by `git-applymbox`. It takes a single +parameter, the name of the file that holds the proposed commit +log message. Exiting with non-zero status causes +`git-applypatch` to abort before applying the patch. + +The hook is allowed to edit the message file in place, and can +be used to normalize the message into some project standard +format (if the project has one). It can also be used to refuse +the commit after inspecting the message file. + +The default 'applypatch-msg' hook, when enabled, runs the +'commit-msg' hook, if the latter is enabled. + +pre-applypatch +-------------- + +This hook is invoked by `git-applypatch` script, which is +typically invoked by `git-applymbox`. It takes no parameter, +and is invoked after the patch is applied, but before a commit +is made. Exiting with non-zero status causes the working tree +after application of the patch not committed. + +It can be used to inspect the current working tree and refuse to +make a commit if it does not pass certain test. + +The default 'pre-applypatch' hook, when enabled, runs the +'pre-commit' hook, if the latter is enabled. + +post-applypatch +--------------- + +This hook is invoked by `git-applypatch` script, which is +typically invoked by `git-applymbox`. It takes no parameter, +and is invoked after the patch is applied and a commit is made. + +This hook is meant primarily for notification, and cannot affect +the outcome of `git-applypatch`. + +pre-commit +---------- + +This hook is invoked by `git-commit`, and can be bypassed +with `\--no-verify` option. It takes no parameter, and is +invoked before obtaining the proposed commit log message and +making a commit. Exiting with non-zero status from this script +causes the `git-commit` to abort. + +The default 'pre-commit' hook, when enabled, catches introduction +of lines with trailing whitespaces and aborts the commit when +such a line is found. + +commit-msg +---------- + +This hook is invoked by `git-commit`, and can be bypassed +with `\--no-verify` option. It takes a single parameter, the +name of the file that holds the proposed commit log message. +Exiting with non-zero status causes the `git-commit` to +abort. + +The hook is allowed to edit the message file in place, and can +be used to normalize the message into some project standard +format (if the project has one). It can also be used to refuse +the commit after inspecting the message file. + +The default 'commit-msg' hook, when enabled, detects duplicate +"Signed-off-by" lines, and aborts the commit if one is found. + +post-commit +----------- + +This hook is invoked by `git-commit`. It takes no +parameter, and is invoked after a commit is made. + +This hook is meant primarily for notification, and cannot affect +the outcome of `git-commit`. + +[[pre-receive]] +pre-receive +----------- + +This hook is invoked by `git-receive-pack` on the remote repository, +which happens when a `git push` is done on a local repository. +Just before starting to update refs on the remote repository, the +pre-receive hook is invoked. Its exit status determines the success +or failure of the update. + +This hook executes once for the receive operation. It takes no +arguments, but for each ref to be updated it receives on standard +input a line of the format: + + <old-value> SP <new-value> SP <ref-name> LF + +where `<old-value>` is the old object name stored in the ref, +`<new-value>` is the new object name to be stored in the ref and +`<ref-name>` is the full name of the ref. +When creating a new ref, `<old-value>` is 40 `0`. + +If the hook exits with non-zero status, none of the refs will be +updated. If the hook exits with zero, updating of individual refs can +still be prevented by the <<update,'update'>> hook. + +Both standard output and standard error output are forwarded to +`git-send-pack` on the other end, so you can simply `echo` messages +for the user. + +[[update]] +update +------ + +This hook is invoked by `git-receive-pack` on the remote repository, +which happens when a `git push` is done on a local repository. +Just before updating the ref on the remote repository, the update hook +is invoked. Its exit status determines the success or failure of +the ref update. + +The hook executes once for each ref to be updated, and takes +three parameters: + + - the name of the ref being updated, + - the old object name stored in the ref, + - and the new objectname to be stored in the ref. + +A zero exit from the update hook allows the ref to be updated. +Exiting with a non-zero status prevents `git-receive-pack` +from updating that ref. + +This hook can be used to prevent 'forced' update on certain refs by +making sure that the object name is a commit object that is a +descendant of the commit object named by the old object name. +That is, to enforce a "fast forward only" policy. + +It could also be used to log the old..new status. However, it +does not know the entire set of branches, so it would end up +firing one e-mail per ref when used naively, though. The +<<post-receive,'post-receive'>> hook is more suited to that. + +Another use suggested on the mailing list is to use this hook to +implement access control which is finer grained than the one +based on filesystem group. + +Both standard output and standard error output are forwarded to +`git-send-pack` on the other end, so you can simply `echo` messages +for the user. + +The default 'update' hook, when enabled--and with +`hooks.allowunannotated` config option turned on--prevents +unannotated tags to be pushed. + +[[post-receive]] +post-receive +------------ + +This hook is invoked by `git-receive-pack` on the remote repository, +which happens when a `git push` is done on a local repository. +It executes on the remote repository once after all the refs have +been updated. + +This hook executes once for the receive operation. It takes no +arguments, but gets the same information as the +<<pre-receive,'pre-receive'>> +hook does on its standard input. + +This hook does not affect the outcome of `git-receive-pack`, as it +is called after the real work is done. + +This supersedes the <<post-update,'post-update'>> hook in that it get's +both old and new values of all the refs in addition to their +names. + +Both standard output and standard error output are forwarded to +`git-send-pack` on the other end, so you can simply `echo` messages +for the user. + +The default 'post-receive' hook is empty, but there is +a sample script `post-receive-email` provided in the `contrib/hooks` +directory in git distribution, which implements sending commit +emails. + +[[post-update]] +post-update +----------- + +This hook is invoked by `git-receive-pack` on the remote repository, +which happens when a `git push` is done on a local repository. +It executes on the remote repository once after all the refs have +been updated. + +It takes a variable number of parameters, each of which is the +name of ref that was actually updated. + +This hook is meant primarily for notification, and cannot affect +the outcome of `git-receive-pack`. + +The 'post-update' hook can tell what are the heads that were pushed, +but it does not know what their original and updated values are, +so it is a poor place to do log old..new. The +<<post-receive,'post-receive'>> hook does get both original and +updated values of the refs. You might consider it instead if you need +them. + +When enabled, the default 'post-update' hook runs +`git-update-server-info` to keep the information used by dumb +transports (e.g., HTTP) up-to-date. If you are publishing +a git repository that is accessible via HTTP, you should +probably enable this hook. + +Both standard output and standard error output are forwarded to +`git-send-pack` on the other end, so you can simply `echo` messages +for the user. |