From: Kenneth Lorber Date: Sun, 17 May 2020 02:13:40 GMT Subject: [RFC PATCH 2/6] Add bit on extending git to Hacking Git Message-ID: <1589681624-36969-3-git-send-email-keni@hers.com> In-Reply-To: <1589681624-36969-1-git-send-email-keni@hers.com> From: Kenneth Lorber The Hacking Git section of the user manual is the logical place to look for information on extending Gut, so add a short section of links to places where that information actually lives. Signed-off-by: Kenneth Lorber --- Documentation/user-manual.txt | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt index 833652983f..2144246444 100644 --- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt +++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt @@ -4049,6 +4049,14 @@ and that is what higher level `git merge -s resolve` is implemented with. This chapter covers internal details of the Git implementation which probably only Git developers need to understand. +If you are extending Git using hooks, writing new tools, or otherwise +looking for technical information but not hacking Git itself, the following +documents may be what you are really looking for: + +* hooks: linkgit:githooks[5] +* attributes: linkgit:gitattributes[5] +* new tools: linkgit:git-sh-setup[1] + [[object-details]] === Object storage format -- 2.17.1