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[RFC PATCH 1/2] doc: Tell the glossary about core.hooksPath

From
Kenneth Lorber <keni@his.com>
Date
May 31, 2020, 21:37 UTC
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<20200531213757.10752-2-keni@his.com>
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<20200531213757.10752-1-keni@his.com>
Signed-off-by: Kenneth Lorber <keni@his.com>
---
 Documentation/glossary-content.txt | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
index 090c888335..a8490830ff 100644
--- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
+++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
@@ -206,10 +206,11 @@ for a more flexible and robust system to do the same thing.
 	to optional scripts that allow a developer to add functionality or
 	checking. Typically, the hooks allow for a command to be pre-verified
 	and potentially aborted, and allow for a post-notification after the
-	operation is done. The hook scripts are found in the
-	`$GIT_DIR/hooks/` directory, and are enabled by simply
-	removing the `.sample` suffix from the filename. In earlier versions
-	of Git you had to make them executable.
+	operation is done. The hook scripts are found in
+	`$GIT_DIR/hooks/` or in any directory specified by the `core.hooksPath`
+	configuration variable.  The sample scripts are enabled by simply
+	removing the `.sample` suffix from the filename.  In earlier versions
+	of Git you had to make them executable.  See linkgit:githooks[5] for details.
 
 [[def_index]]index::
 	A collection of files with stat information, whose contents are stored
-- 
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  1. 0/6 various documentation bitsKenneth Lorber, May 17, 2020
  2. 2/6 Add bit on extending git to Hacking GitKenneth Lorber, May 17, 2020
  3. Junio C HamanoMay 17, 2020
  4. Kenneth LorberMay 18, 2020
  5. 1/6 Tell the glossary about core.hooksPathKenneth Lorber, May 17, 2020
  6. Junio C HamanoMay 17, 2020
  7. Kenneth LorberMay 18, 2020
  8. 5/6 Tell config.txt about NAMESPACE COLLISIONSKenneth Lorber, May 17, 2020
  9. Junio C HamanoMay 18, 2020
  10. 4/6 Include NAMESPACE COLLISIONS doc into gitrepository-layout.txtKenneth Lorber, May 17, 2020
  11. Junio C HamanoMay 18, 2020
  12. Kenneth LorberMay 18, 2020
  13. 3/6 Add namespace collision avoidance guidelines fileKenneth Lorber, May 17, 2020
  14. Abhishek KumarMay 17, 2020
  15. Kenneth LorberMay 18, 2020
  16. Junio C HamanoMay 17, 2020
  17. Kenneth LorberMay 18, 2020
  18. 6/6 Add NAMESPACE COLLISIONS reference to Hacking GitKenneth Lorber, May 17, 2020
  19. Abhishek KumarMay 17, 2020
  20. Junio C HamanoMay 17, 2020
  21. Kenneth LorberMay 18, 2020
  22. Kenneth LorberMay 18, 2020
  23. 0/6 various documentation bitsKenneth Lorber, May 25, 2020
  24. 6/6 doc: Add collision reference to Hacking GitKenneth Lorber, May 25, 2020
  25. 2/6 doc: Add bit on extending git to Hacking GitKenneth Lorber, May 25, 2020
  26. 3/6 doc: Add namespace collision guidelines fileKenneth Lorber, May 25, 2020
  27. Junio C HamanoMay 28, 2020
  28. Junio C HamanoMay 28, 2020
  29. Junio C HamanoMay 29, 2020
  30. Junio C HamanoMay 29, 2020
  31. Kenneth LorberJun 1, 2020
  32. Kenneth LorberJun 1, 2020
  33. 4/6 doc: Add collision doc to gitrepository-layout.txtKenneth Lorber, May 25, 2020
  34. 1/6 doc: Tell the glossary about core.hooksPathKenneth Lorber, May 25, 2020
  35. Junio C HamanoMay 26, 2020
  36. Kenneth LorberMay 27, 2020
  37. Kenneth LorberMay 27, 2020
  38. Junio C HamanoMay 27, 2020
  39. 5/6 doc: Tell config.txt about namespace collisionsKenneth Lorber, May 25, 2020
  40. 0/2 update glossary hooks entryKenneth Lorber, May 31, 2020
  41. 1/2 doc: Tell the glossary about core.hooksPathKenneth Lorber, May 31, 2020
  42. 2/2 doc: remove dated info and refs to sample hooksKenneth Lorber, May 31, 2020

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