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[PATCH] Documentation/githooks: mention merge in commit-msg hook

From
Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Date
Sep 21, 2017, 20:29 UTC
Message-ID
<20170921202954.7854-1-sbeller@google.com>
In-Reply-To
<1505542931.27598.4.camel@gmail.com>
The commit-msg hook is invoked by both commit and merge now.
Reported-by: Kaartic Sivaraam <kaarticsivaraam91196@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
---
 Documentation/githooks.txt | 9 ++++-----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/githooks.txt b/Documentation/githooks.txt
index 623ed1a138..f4e75b9c90 100644
--- a/Documentation/githooks.txt
+++ b/Documentation/githooks.txt
@@ -127,11 +127,10 @@ help message found in the commented portion of the commit template.
 commit-msg
 ~~~~~~~~~~
 
-This hook is invoked by 'git commit', and can be bypassed
-with the `--no-verify` option.  It takes a single parameter, the
-name of the file that holds the proposed commit log message.
-Exiting with a non-zero status causes the 'git commit' to
-abort.
+This hook is invoked by 'git commit' and 'git merge', and can be
+bypassed with the `--no-verify` option.  It takes a single parameter,
+the name of the file that holds the proposed commit log message.
+Exiting with a non-zero status causes the command 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. It
-- 
2.14.0.rc0.3.g6c2e499285
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Message 18 of 19 in “builtin/merge: honor commit-msg hook for merges”
  1. builtin/merge: honor commit-msg hook for mergesStefan Beller, Sep 5, 2017
  2. Junio C HamanoSep 5, 2017
  3. parse-options: warn developers on negated optionsStefan Beller, Sep 5, 2017
  4. Junio C HamanoSep 6, 2017
  5. Junio C HamanoSep 6, 2017
  6. Stefan BellerSep 6, 2017
  7. Junio C HamanoSep 6, 2017
  8. [PATCHv2] builtin/merge: honor commit-msg hook for mergesStefan Beller, Sep 5, 2017
  9. Junio C HamanoSep 6, 2017
  10. Stefan BellerSep 6, 2017
  11. Junio C HamanoSep 6, 2017
  12. [PATCHv3] builtin/merge: honor commit-msg hook for mergesStefan Beller, Sep 7, 2017
  13. Junio C HamanoSep 8, 2017
  14. Stefan BellerSep 11, 2017
  15. Kaartic SivaraamSep 16, 2017
  16. Stefan BellerSep 20, 2017
  17. Junio C HamanoSep 21, 2017
  18. Documentation/githooks: mention merge in commit-msg hookStefan Beller, Sep 21, 2017
  19. Junio C HamanoSep 22, 2017

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