Re: [PATCH] Add post-merge hook.

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

"Josh England" <jjengla@sandia.gov> writes:

>> Two questions.
>> 
>>  * Do you want to run the post-merge hook even for a squash
>>    merge?
>
> Yes.  I'd like to run it at any time that the working tree might be
> updated.

If that is the case, perhaps your hook may want to get a
parameter to tell it what kind of "git-merge" invocation it was?
Squash merge does not even advance the HEAD and is of a very
different nature from a normal merge.

>>  - We would want a new test in the test suite for this, to make
>>    sure that later changes by others would not break this new
>>    feature you would depend upon.
>
> Can do.  You want me to resubmit the original patch along with tests or
> submit the tests as a new patch?

I'd like a full resend whenever I reject a patch with a
comment.  That way the patch will be easier to review with
context by other people.

Thanks.