From: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Junio C Hamano" <gitster@pobox.com>,
"Jacob Keller" <jacob.keller@gmail.com>,
"Eric Sunshine" <sunshine@sunshineco.com>,
"Johannes Sixt" <j6t@kdbg.org>,
"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v6 1/4] githooks.txt: Improve the intro section
Date: Wed, 4 May 2016 22:58:09 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1462402692-24712-2-git-send-email-avarab@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1462402692-24712-1-git-send-email-avarab@gmail.com>
Change the documentation so that:
* We don't talk about "little scripts". Hooks can be as big as you
want, and don't have to be scripts, just call them "programs".
* We note that we change the working directory before a hook is called,
nothing documented this explicitly, but the current behavior is
predictable. It helps a lot to know what directory these hooks will
be executed from.
* We don't make claims about the example hooks which may not be true
depending on the configuration of 'init.templateDir'. Clarify that
we're talking about the default settings of git-init in those cases,
and move some of this documentation into git-init's documentation
about the default templates.
* We briefly note in the intro that hooks can get their arguments in
various different ways, and that how exactly is described below for
each hook.
Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
---
Documentation/git-init.txt | 7 ++++++-
Documentation/githooks.txt | 31 +++++++++++++++++++------------
2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-init.txt b/Documentation/git-init.txt
index 8174d27..6364e5d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-init.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-init.txt
@@ -130,7 +130,12 @@ The template directory will be one of the following (in order):
- the default template directory: `/usr/share/git-core/templates`.
The default template directory includes some directory structure, suggested
-"exclude patterns" (see linkgit:gitignore[5]), and sample hook files (see linkgit:githooks[5]).
+"exclude patterns" (see linkgit:gitignore[5]), and sample hook files.
+
+The sample hooks are all disabled by default, To enable one of the
+sample hooks rename it by removing its `.sample` suffix.
+
+See linkgit:githooks[5] for more general info on hook execution.
EXAMPLES
--------
diff --git a/Documentation/githooks.txt b/Documentation/githooks.txt
index a2f59b1..0d94337 100644
--- a/Documentation/githooks.txt
+++ b/Documentation/githooks.txt
@@ -13,18 +13,25 @@ $GIT_DIR/hooks/*
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-Hooks are little scripts you can place in `$GIT_DIR/hooks`
-directory to trigger action at certain points. When
-'git init' is run, a handful 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.
-
-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.
+Hooks are programs you can place in the `$GIT_DIR/hooks` directory to
+trigger actions at certain points in git's execution. Hooks that don't
+have the executable bit set are ignored.
+
+Before Git invokes a hook, it changes its working directory to either
+the root of the working tree in a non-bare repository, or to the
+$GIT_DIR in a bare repository.
+
+Hooks can get their arguments via the environment, command-line
+arguments, and stdin. See the documentation for each hook below for
+details.
+
+'git init' may copy hooks to the new repository, depending on its
+configuration. See the "TEMPLATE DIRECTORY" section in
+linkgit:git-init[1] for details. When the rest of this document refers
+to "default hooks" it's talking about the default template shipped
+with Git.
+
+The currently supported hooks are described below.
HOOKS
-----
--
2.1.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-05-04 22:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-04-26 18:13 [PATCH v4 0/4] githooks.txt improvements + core.hooksDirectory Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2016-04-26 18:13 ` [PATCH v4 1/4] githooks.txt: Improve the intro section Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2016-04-26 19:48 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-04-26 18:13 ` [PATCH v4 2/4] githooks.txt: Amend dangerous advice about 'update' hook ACL Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2016-04-26 19:49 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-04-26 18:13 ` [PATCH v4 3/4] githooks.txt: Minor improvements to the grammar & phrasing Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2016-04-26 18:13 ` [PATCH v4 4/4] hooks: Add ability to specify where the hook directory is Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2016-04-26 19:55 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-05-04 20:18 ` [PATCH v5 0/4] githooks.txt improvements + core.hooksDirectory Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2016-05-04 20:18 ` [PATCH v5 1/4] githooks.txt: Improve the intro section Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2016-05-04 20:18 ` [PATCH v5 2/4] githooks.txt: Amend dangerous advice about 'update' hook ACL Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2016-05-04 20:18 ` [PATCH v5 3/4] githooks.txt: Minor improvements to the grammar & phrasing Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2016-05-04 20:18 ` [PATCH v5 4/4] hooks: Add ability to specify where the hook directory is Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2016-05-04 22:13 ` [PATCH v5 0/4] githooks.txt improvements + core.hooksDirectory Junio C Hamano
2016-05-04 22:58 ` [PATCH v6 " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2016-05-04 22:58 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason [this message]
2016-05-04 22:58 ` [PATCH v6 2/4] githooks.txt: Amend dangerous advice about 'update' hook ACL Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2016-05-04 22:58 ` [PATCH v6 3/4] githooks.txt: Minor improvements to the grammar & phrasing Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2016-05-04 22:58 ` [PATCH v6 4/4] hooks: Add ability to specify where the hook directory is Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2016-05-04 23:26 ` [PATCH v6 0/4] githooks.txt improvements + core.hooksDirectory Junio C Hamano
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