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+++ b/Documentation/githooks.txt
@@ -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,
@@ -160,7 +163,7 @@ 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
@@ -175,7 +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.
@@ -204,7 +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.
@@ -226,7 +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
@@ -242,12 +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.
@@ -277,7 +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.
@@ -307,8 +310,37 @@ 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.
+post-upload-pack
+----------------
+
+After upload-pack successfully finishes its operation, this hook is called
+for logging purposes.
+
+The hook is passed various pieces of information, one per line, from its
+standard input. Currently the following items can be fed to the hook, but
+more types of information may be added in the future:
+
+want SHA-1::
+ 40-byte hexadecimal object name the client asked to include in the
+ resulting pack. Can occur one or more times in the input.
+
+have SHA-1::
+ 40-byte hexadecimal object name the client asked to exclude from
+ the resulting pack, claiming to have them already. Can occur zero
+ or more times in the input.
+
+time float::
+ Number of seconds spent for creating the packfile.
+
+size decimal::
+ Size of the resulting packfile in bytes.
+
+kind string:
+ Either "clone" (when the client did not give us any "have", and asked
+ for all our refs with "want"), or "fetch" (otherwise).
+
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'