X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgithooks.txt;h=29eeae77ca8716a9b07362f164104e3afee4f192;hb=2b35fccf734ab1d30828d95ea34f1755d9183365;hp=28a8abcf52b0c4180a132d4093b6b8a59c63c6fd;hpb=799fdb4ed0f9443122fdb85f6f73c58cb1de12ec;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/githooks.txt b/Documentation/githooks.txt index 28a8abcf5..29eeae77c 100644 --- a/Documentation/githooks.txt +++ b/Documentation/githooks.txt @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ DESCRIPTION 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 +'git-init' is run, a handful of example hooks are copied into the `hooks` directory of the new repository, but by default they are all disabled. To enable a hook, rename it by removing its `.sample` suffix. @@ -26,8 +26,11 @@ executable by default. This document describes the currently defined hooks. +HOOKS +----- + applypatch-msg --------------- +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This hook is invoked by 'git-am' script. It takes a single parameter, the name of the file that holds the proposed commit @@ -43,7 +46,7 @@ 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-am'. It takes no parameter, and is invoked after the patch is applied, but before a commit is made. @@ -58,7 +61,7 @@ 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-am'. It takes no parameter, and is invoked after the patch is applied and a commit is made. @@ -67,7 +70,7 @@ This hook is meant primarily for notification, and cannot affect the outcome of 'git-am'. pre-commit ----------- +~~~~~~~~~~ This hook is invoked by 'git-commit', and can be bypassed with `\--no-verify` option. It takes no parameter, and is @@ -84,7 +87,7 @@ variable `GIT_EDITOR=:` if the command will not bring up an editor to modify the commit message. prepare-commit-msg ------------------- +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This hook is invoked by 'git-commit' right after preparing the default log message, and before the editor is started. @@ -109,7 +112,7 @@ The sample `prepare-commit-msg` hook that comes with git comments out the `Conflicts:` part of a merge's commit message. commit-msg ----------- +~~~~~~~~~~ This hook is invoked by 'git-commit', and can be bypassed with `\--no-verify` option. It takes a single parameter, the @@ -126,7 +129,7 @@ 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. @@ -135,14 +138,14 @@ This hook is meant primarily for notification, and cannot affect the outcome of 'git-commit'. pre-rebase ----------- +~~~~~~~~~~ This hook is called by 'git-rebase' and can be used to prevent a branch from getting rebased. post-checkout ------------ +~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This hook is invoked when a 'git-checkout' is run after having updated the worktree. The hook is given three parameters: the ref of the previous HEAD, @@ -151,12 +154,16 @@ 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'. +It is also run after 'git-clone', unless the --no-checkout (-n) option is +used. The first parameter given to the hook is the null-ref, the second the +ref of the new HEAD and the flag is always 1. + This hook can be used to perform repository validity checks, auto-display differences from the previous HEAD if different, or set working dir metadata properties. post-merge ------------ +~~~~~~~~~~ This hook is invoked by 'git-merge', which happens when a 'git-pull' is done on a local repository. The hook takes a single parameter, a status @@ -171,7 +178,7 @@ for an example of how to do this. [[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. @@ -200,7 +207,7 @@ 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. @@ -222,7 +229,7 @@ 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. +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 @@ -238,12 +245,12 @@ Both standard output and standard error output are forwarded to for the user. The default 'update' hook, when enabled--and with -`hooks.allowunannotated` config option turned on--prevents +`hooks.allowunannotated` config option unset or set to false--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. @@ -273,7 +280,7 @@ 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. @@ -304,7 +311,7 @@ Both standard output and standard error output are forwarded to for the user. pre-auto-gc ------------ +~~~~~~~~~~~ This hook is invoked by 'git-gc --auto'. It takes no parameter, and exiting with non-zero status from this script causes the 'git-gc --auto'