Re: Odd results writing a Git pre-receive hook to syntax check PHP files.

> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Chris Patti wrote:
>>
>>> What if this is the
>>> first time a new ref is being pushed?  Then, old-ref is 000000 and git
>>> diff --raw throws up a hairball :)
>>
>> Can't you check for 0{40} and use $(git hash-object -t tree </dev/null)
>> in its place?
>>
>> In general, the "LOW-LEVEL COMMANDS (PLUMBING)" listed on the git man
>> page are meant to be useful for scripts.  They have simple input and
>> output formats, they don't try to introduce weird exceptions for user
>> convenience, the git developers are more conservative about changing
>> them, and so on.
>>

> 
> Maybe I'm not understanding your intent here, but, this is a
> pre-receive hook, where you get handed two refs, the old (pre-push)
> ref, and the new (after push) ref.
> 
> git hash-object computes a hash from the file's contents.  That's my
> whole point, I don't *have* the file to compute! All I have is those
> two refs.