Merge branch 'maint-1.6.0' into maint

[git.git] / Documentation / githooks.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/githooks.txt b/Documentation/githooks.txt
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--- a/Documentation/githooks.txt
+++ b/Documentation/githooks.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ directory to trigger action at certain points.  When
 all disabled.  To enable a hook, rename it by removing its `.sample`
 suffix.
 
+NOTE: It is also a requirement for a given hook to be executable.
+However - in a freshly initialized repository - the `.sample` files are
+executable by default.
+
 This document describes the currently defined hooks.
 
 applypatch-msg
@@ -86,7 +90,7 @@ This hook is invoked by 'git-commit' right after preparing the
 default log message, and before the editor is started.
 
 It takes one to three parameters.  The first is the name of the file
-that the commit log message.  The second is the source of the commit
+that contains the commit log message.  The second is the source of the commit
 message, and can be: `message` (if a `-m` or `-F` option was
 given); `template` (if a `-t` option was given or the
 configuration option `commit.template` is set); `merge` (if the