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From: Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Subject: Re: Generate version file by hooks
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:54:57 +0100
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Bj=F6rn Hendriks schrieb:
> In fact my problem is not to find out the SHA1 of the last commit in =
a script=20
> but to have that script called automatically each time git changes th=
e=20
> commit. My idea was to use the git hooks for that, but as I explained=
 I=20
> couldn't find hooks for all cases in which a commit changes.

In fact there are so many situations where the current commit changes. =
You
won't find enough hooks to catch all cases.

You better modify your build system to look for the current commit when=
 it
is needed. That is *much* safer.

-- Hannes