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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-init.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/githooks.txt | 73 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | cache.h | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | config.c | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | environment.c | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | run-command.c | 5 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | t/t1350-config-hooks-path.sh | 37 |
8 files changed, 112 insertions, 32 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index ece0acd..6e97e1e 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -618,6 +618,23 @@ core.attributesFile:: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/attributes. If $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is either not set or empty, $HOME/.config/git/attributes is used instead. +core.hooksPath:: + By default Git will look for your hooks in the + '$GIT_DIR/hooks' directory. Set this to different path, + e.g. '/etc/git/hooks', and Git will try to find your hooks in + that directory, e.g. '/etc/git/hooks/pre-receive' instead of + in '$GIT_DIR/hooks/pre-receive'. ++ +The path can be either absolute or relative. A relative path is +taken as relative to the directory where the hooks are run (see +the "DESCRIPTION" section of linkgit:githooks[5]). ++ +This configuration variable is useful in cases where you'd like to +centrally configure your Git hooks instead of configuring them on a +per-repository basis, or as a more flexible and centralized +alternative to having an `init.templateDir` where you've changed +default hooks. + core.editor:: Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that lets you edit messages by launching an editor uses the value of this diff --git a/Documentation/git-init.txt b/Documentation/git-init.txt index 8174d27..6364e5d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-init.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-init.txt @@ -130,7 +130,12 @@ The template directory will be one of the following (in order): - the default template directory: `/usr/share/git-core/templates`. The default template directory includes some directory structure, suggested -"exclude patterns" (see linkgit:gitignore[5]), and sample hook files (see linkgit:githooks[5]). +"exclude patterns" (see linkgit:gitignore[5]), and sample hook files. + +The sample hooks are all disabled by default, To enable one of the +sample hooks rename it by removing its `.sample` suffix. + +See linkgit:githooks[5] for more general info on hook execution. EXAMPLES -------- diff --git a/Documentation/githooks.txt b/Documentation/githooks.txt index a2f59b1..d82e912 100644 --- a/Documentation/githooks.txt +++ b/Documentation/githooks.txt @@ -7,24 +7,35 @@ githooks - Hooks used by Git SYNOPSIS -------- -$GIT_DIR/hooks/* +$GIT_DIR/hooks/* (or \`git config core.hooksPath`/*) DESCRIPTION ----------- -Hooks are little scripts you can place in `$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. +Hooks are programs you can place in a hooks directory to trigger +actions at certain points in git's execution. Hooks that don't have +the executable bit set are ignored. -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. +By default the hooks directory is `$GIT_DIR/hooks`, but that can be +changed via the `core.hooksPath` configuration variable (see +linkgit:git-config[1]). -This document describes the currently defined hooks. +Before Git invokes a hook, it changes its working directory to either +the root of the working tree in a non-bare repository, or to the +$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 ----- @@ -32,15 +43,15 @@ HOOKS applypatch-msg ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -This hook is invoked by 'git am' script. It takes a single +This hook is invoked by 'git am'. It takes a single parameter, the name of the file that holds the proposed commit -log message. Exiting with non-zero status causes -'git am' to abort before applying the patch. +log message. Exiting with a non-zero status causes 'git am' to abort +before applying the patch. The hook is allowed to edit the message file in place, and can be used to normalize the message into some project standard -format (if the project has one). It can also be used to refuse -the commit after inspecting the message file. +format. It can also be used to refuse the commit after inspecting +the message file. The default 'applypatch-msg' hook, when enabled, runs the 'commit-msg' hook, if the latter is enabled. @@ -73,10 +84,10 @@ pre-commit ~~~~~~~~~~ This hook is invoked by 'git commit', and can be bypassed -with `--no-verify` option. It takes no parameter, and is +with the `--no-verify` option. It takes no parameters, and is invoked before obtaining the proposed commit log message and -making a commit. Exiting with non-zero status from this script -causes the 'git commit' to abort. +making a commit. Exiting with a non-zero status from this script +causes the 'git commit' command to abort before creating a commit. The default 'pre-commit' hook, when enabled, catches introduction of lines with trailing whitespaces and aborts the commit when @@ -115,15 +126,15 @@ commit-msg ~~~~~~~~~~ This hook is invoked by 'git commit', and can be bypassed -with `--no-verify` option. It takes a single parameter, the +with the `--no-verify` option. It takes a single parameter, the name of the file that holds the proposed commit log message. -Exiting with non-zero status causes the 'git commit' to +Exiting with a non-zero status causes the 'git commit' to abort. -The hook is allowed to edit the message file in place, and can -be used to normalize the message into some project standard -format (if the project has one). It can also be used to refuse -the commit after inspecting the message file. +The hook is allowed to edit the message file in place, and can be used +to normalize the message into some project standard format. It +can also be used to refuse the commit after inspecting the message +file. The default 'commit-msg' hook, when enabled, detects duplicate "Signed-off-by" lines, and aborts the commit if one is found. @@ -131,8 +142,8 @@ The default 'commit-msg' hook, when enabled, detects duplicate post-commit ~~~~~~~~~~~ -This hook is invoked by 'git commit'. It takes no -parameter, and is invoked after a commit is made. +This hook is invoked by 'git commit'. It takes no parameters, and is +invoked after a commit is made. This hook is meant primarily for notification, and cannot affect the outcome of 'git commit'. @@ -267,9 +278,11 @@ does not know the entire set of branches, so it would end up firing one e-mail per ref when used naively, though. The <<post-receive,'post-receive'>> hook is more suited to that. -Another use suggested on the mailing list is to use this hook to -implement access control which is finer grained than the one -based on filesystem group. +In an environment that restricts the users' access only to git +commands over the wire, this hook can be used to implement access +control without relying on filesystem ownership and group +membership. See linkgit:git-shell[1] for how you might use the login +shell to restrict the user's access to only git commands. Both standard output and standard error output are forwarded to 'git send-pack' on the other end, so you can simply `echo` messages @@ -654,6 +654,7 @@ extern int warn_on_object_refname_ambiguity; extern const char *apply_default_whitespace; extern const char *apply_default_ignorewhitespace; extern const char *git_attributes_file; +extern const char *git_hooks_path; extern int zlib_compression_level; extern int core_compression_level; extern int core_compression_seen; @@ -717,6 +717,9 @@ static int git_default_core_config(const char *var, const char *value) if (!strcmp(var, "core.attributesfile")) return git_config_pathname(&git_attributes_file, var, value); + if (!strcmp(var, "core.hookspath")) + return git_config_pathname(&git_hooks_path, var, value); + if (!strcmp(var, "core.bare")) { is_bare_repository_cfg = git_config_bool(var, value); return 0; diff --git a/environment.c b/environment.c index 57acb2f..2857e3f 100644 --- a/environment.c +++ b/environment.c @@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ const char *git_log_output_encoding; const char *apply_default_whitespace; const char *apply_default_ignorewhitespace; const char *git_attributes_file; +const char *git_hooks_path; int zlib_compression_level = Z_BEST_SPEED; int core_compression_level; int core_compression_seen; diff --git a/run-command.c b/run-command.c index e4593cd..f5c57a5 100644 --- a/run-command.c +++ b/run-command.c @@ -825,7 +825,10 @@ const char *find_hook(const char *name) static struct strbuf path = STRBUF_INIT; strbuf_reset(&path); - strbuf_git_path(&path, "hooks/%s", name); + if (git_hooks_path) + strbuf_addf(&path, "%s/%s", git_hooks_path, name); + else + strbuf_git_path(&path, "hooks/%s", name); if (access(path.buf, X_OK) < 0) return NULL; return path.buf; diff --git a/t/t1350-config-hooks-path.sh b/t/t1350-config-hooks-path.sh new file mode 100755 index 0000000..5e3fb3a --- /dev/null +++ b/t/t1350-config-hooks-path.sh @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +#!/bin/sh + +test_description='Test the core.hooksPath configuration variable' + +. ./test-lib.sh + +test_expect_success 'set up a pre-commit hook in core.hooksPath' ' + mkdir -p .git/custom-hooks .git/hooks && + write_script .git/custom-hooks/pre-commit <<-\EOF && + echo CUSTOM >>actual + EOF + write_script .git/hooks/pre-commit <<-\EOF + echo NORMAL >>actual + EOF +' + +test_expect_success 'Check that various forms of specifying core.hooksPath work' ' + test_commit no_custom_hook && + git config core.hooksPath .git/custom-hooks && + test_commit have_custom_hook && + git config core.hooksPath .git/custom-hooks/ && + test_commit have_custom_hook_trailing_slash && + git config core.hooksPath "$PWD/.git/custom-hooks" && + test_commit have_custom_hook_abs_path && + git config core.hooksPath "$PWD/.git/custom-hooks/" && + test_commit have_custom_hook_abs_path_trailing_slash && + cat >expect <<-\EOF && + NORMAL + CUSTOM + CUSTOM + CUSTOM + CUSTOM + EOF + test_cmp expect actual +' + +test_done |