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[PATCH 1/4] git-merge: Honor pre-merge hook

From
Michael J Gruber <git@grubix.eu>
Date
Sep 22, 2017, 12:04 UTC
Message-ID
<053ce92e978aff511667669682c9a71830008605.1506081120.git.git@grubix.eu>
In-Reply-To
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From: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>

git-merge does not honor the pre-commit hook when doing automatic merge commits, and for compatibility reasons this is going to stay.

Introduce a pre-merge hook which is called for an automatic merge commit just like pre-commit is called for a non-automatic merge commit (or any other commit).

Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@grubix.eu>
---
 Documentation/githooks.txt        |  7 +++++++
 builtin/merge.c                   | 11 +++++++++++
 templates/hooks--pre-merge.sample | 13 +++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 templates/hooks--pre-merge.sample
diff --git a/Documentation/githooks.txt b/Documentation/githooks.txt
index 1bb4f92d4d..85bedd208c 100644
--- a/Documentation/githooks.txt
+++ b/Documentation/githooks.txt
@@ -99,6 +99,13 @@ All the 'git commit' hooks are invoked with the environment
 variable `GIT_EDITOR=:` if the command will not bring up an editor
 to modify the commit message.
 
+pre-merge
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+This hook is invoked by 'git merge' when doing an automatic merge
+commit; it is equivalent to 'pre-commit' for a non-automatic commit
+for a merge.
+
 prepare-commit-msg
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c
index ab5ffe85e8..de254d466b 100644
--- a/builtin/merge.c
+++ b/builtin/merge.c
@@ -769,6 +769,17 @@ static void write_merge_heads(struct commit_list *);
 static void prepare_to_commit(struct commit_list *remoteheads)
 {
 	struct strbuf msg = STRBUF_INIT;
+	const char *index_file = get_index_file();
+
+	if (run_commit_hook(0 < option_edit, index_file, "pre-merge", NULL))
+		abort_commit(remoteheads, NULL);
+	/*
+	 * Re-read the index as pre-merge hook could have updated it,
+	 * and write it out as a tree.  We must do this before we invoke
+	 * the editor and after we invoke run_status above.
+	 */
+	discard_cache();
+	read_cache_from(index_file);
 	strbuf_addbuf(&msg, &merge_msg);
 	strbuf_addch(&msg, '\n');
 	if (squash)
diff --git a/templates/hooks--pre-merge.sample b/templates/hooks--pre-merge.sample
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..a6313e6d5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/hooks--pre-merge.sample
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# An example hook script to verify what is about to be committed.
+# Called by "git merge" with no arguments.  The hook should
+# exit with non-zero status after issuing an appropriate message if
+# it wants to stop the commit.
+#
+# To enable this hook, rename this file to "pre-merge".
+
+. git-sh-setup
+test -x "$GIT_DIR/hooks/pre-commit" &&
+        exec "$GIT_DIR/hooks/pre-commit"
+:
-- 
2.14.1.909.g0fa57a0913
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Message 4 of 59 in “pre-merge hook”
  1. 0/4 pre-merge hookMichael J Gruber, Sep 22, 2017
  2. 2/4 merge: do no-verify like commitMichael J Gruber, Sep 22, 2017
  3. Stefan BellerSep 22, 2017
  4. 1/4 git-merge: Honor pre-merge hookMichael J Gruber, Sep 22, 2017
  5. Stefan BellerSep 22, 2017
  6. Martin ÅgrenSep 23, 2017
  7. 3/4 merge: --no-verify to bypass pre-merge hookMichael J Gruber, Sep 22, 2017
  8. Junio C HamanoSep 23, 2017
  9. Michael J GruberSep 25, 2017
  10. 4/4 t7503: add tests for pre-merge-hookMichael J Gruber, Sep 22, 2017
  11. Stefan BellerSep 22, 2017
  12. Junio C HamanoOct 2, 2017
  13. Stefan BellerOct 2, 2017
  14. Junio C HamanoOct 17, 2017
  15. 0/4 pre-merge hookJosh Steadmon, Jul 18, 2019
  16. 0/4 pre-merge hookJosh Steadmon, Jul 18, 2019
  17. 1/4 git-merge: Honor pre-merge hookJosh Steadmon, Jul 18, 2019
  18. Martin ÅgrenJul 29, 2019
  19. 2/4 merge: do no-verify like commitJosh Steadmon, Jul 18, 2019
  20. 3/4 merge: --no-verify to bypass pre-merge hookJosh Steadmon, Jul 18, 2019
  21. Martin ÅgrenJul 29, 2019
  22. Josh SteadmonJul 29, 2019
  23. 4/4 t7503: add tests for pre-merge-hookJosh Steadmon, Jul 18, 2019
  24. Martin ÅgrenJul 29, 2019
  25. Josh SteadmonJul 29, 2019
  26. Martin ÅgrenJul 30, 2019
  27. Josh SteadmonJul 31, 2019
  28. Martin ÅgrenJul 29, 2019
  29. Josh SteadmonJul 29, 2019
  30. Martin ÅgrenJul 29, 2019
  31. Josh SteadmonJul 29, 2019
  32. 0/4 pre-merge-commit hookJosh Steadmon, Aug 1, 2019
  33. 1/4 t7503: verify proper hook executionJosh Steadmon, Aug 1, 2019
  34. Martin ÅgrenAug 2, 2019
  35. 2/4 merge: do no-verify like commitJosh Steadmon, Aug 1, 2019
  36. 3/4 git-merge: honor pre-merge-commit hookJosh Steadmon, Aug 1, 2019
  37. Martin ÅgrenAug 2, 2019
  38. Josh SteadmonAug 2, 2019
  39. 4/4 merge: --no-verify to bypass pre-merge-commit hookJosh Steadmon, Aug 1, 2019
  40. Martin ÅgrenAug 2, 2019
  41. 1/5 t7503: use "&&" in "test_when_finished" rather than ";"Martin Ågren, Aug 2, 2019
  42. 2/5 t7503: avoid touch when mtime doesn't matterMartin Ågren, Aug 2, 2019
  43. 5/5 t7503: test failing merge with both hooks availableMartin Ågren, Aug 2, 2019
  44. 4/5 t7503: don't create "actual_hooks" for later appendingMartin Ågren, Aug 2, 2019
  45. 3/5 t7503: simplify file-jugglingMartin Ågren, Aug 2, 2019
  46. Josh SteadmonAug 2, 2019
  47. 0/4 pre-merge-commit hookJosh Steadmon, Aug 5, 2019
  48. 1/4 t7503: verify proper hook executionJosh Steadmon, Aug 5, 2019
  49. Junio C HamanoAug 6, 2019
  50. Josh SteadmonAug 7, 2019
  51. 2/4 merge: do no-verify like commitJosh Steadmon, Aug 5, 2019
  52. 3/4 git-merge: honor pre-merge-commit hookJosh Steadmon, Aug 5, 2019
  53. 4/4 merge: --no-verify to bypass pre-merge-commit hookJosh Steadmon, Aug 5, 2019
  54. 0/4 pre-merge-commit hookJosh Steadmon, Aug 7, 2019
  55. 1/4 t7503: verify proper hook executionJosh Steadmon, Aug 7, 2019
  56. 2/4 merge: do no-verify like commitJosh Steadmon, Aug 7, 2019
  57. 3/4 git-merge: honor pre-merge-commit hookJosh Steadmon, Aug 7, 2019
  58. 4/4 merge: --no-verify to bypass pre-merge-commit hookJosh Steadmon, Aug 7, 2019
  59. Martin ÅgrenAug 8, 2019

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