Merge branch 'maint'

[git.git] / Documentation / technical / api-run-command.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt
index 75aa5d49234ec36857a7c8d2f3900001af5cbcde..2efe7a40be641bc2532c139637fe02e534ea1152 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Functions
        start_command() followed by finish_command(). Takes a pointer
        to a `struct child_process` that specifies the details.
 
-`run_command_v_opt`, `run_command_v_opt_cd`, `run_command_v_opt_cd_env`::
+`run_command_v_opt`, `run_command_v_opt_cd_env`::
 
        Convenience functions that encapsulate a sequence of
        start_command() followed by finish_command(). The argument argv
@@ -52,6 +52,21 @@ Functions
        Wait for the completion of an asynchronous function that was
        started with start_async().
 
+`run_hook`::
+
+       Run a hook.
+       The first argument is a pathname to an index file, or NULL
+       if the hook uses the default index file or no index is needed.
+       The second argument is the name of the hook.
+       The further arguments correspond to the hook arguments.
+       The last argument has to be NULL to terminate the arguments list.
+       If the hook does not exist or is not executable, the return
+       value will be zero.
+       If it is executable, the hook will be executed and the exit
+       status of the hook is returned.
+       On execution, .stdout_to_stderr and .no_stdin will be set.
+       (See below.)
+
 
 Data structures
 ---------------