Re: cherry-pick / pre-commit hook?

From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date: Dec 27, 2010, 09:37 UTC
Message-ID: <20101227093729.GB1201@burratino>
In-Reply-To: <m2d3oo9cwr.wl%dave@boostpro.com>

Dave Abrahams wrote:

> if you're going to have a "pre-commit hook" concept,
> but not run that hook for some kinds of commits, then that fact needs
> to be documented.

True, and thanks for a reminder.  Suggested wording?

The current githooks(5) says

 pre-commit
	This hook is invoked by git commit, and can be bypassed with
	--no-verify option.

and leaves the question of whether it is invoked by git cherry-pick unanswered.

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