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Re: git hooks to run something

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Mar 24, 2009, 11:15 UTC
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<20090324111524.GA6291@coredump.intra.peff.net>
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On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 11:56:05AM +0100, Alf Clement wrote:
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> when I switch between branches, I would like like to delete some
> object files and prepare some setup files.
> I there a good way to do this automatically when I run "git checkout
> branch", like
> misusing a hook to run a make in a special directory?
> All would happen in my local repository.
There is a post-checkout hook; see "git help hooks" for details.

You could also make an alias; see the documentation for "alias.*" in "git help config".

-Peff
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