From: Felipe Contreras Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 16:31:41 GMT Subject: Re: [RTC/PATCH] Add 'update-branch' hook Message-ID: <5356996d12ede_3e5aed7308e5@nysa.notmuch> In-Reply-To: <857g6h5ssh.fsf@stephe-leake.org> Stephen Leake wrote: > Felipe Contreras writes: > > > Ilya Bobyr wrote: > >> On 4/21/2014 2:17 PM, Felipe Contreras wrote: > >> > Ilya Bobyr wrote: > >> > > >> >> Also, most have names that start with either "pre-" or "post-". > >> >> It seems reasonable for both "pre-update-branch" and > >> >> "post-update-branch" to exist. > >> > I don't see what would be the point in that. > >> > >> Do you see the point in the other hooks doing that? > > > > Yes, there a reason for the existance of those hooks. Now tell me why would > > anybody use post-update-branch instead of pre-update-branch? > > I have a branch which should always be recompiled on update; > post-update-branch would be a good place for that. And why would pre-update-branch not serve that purpose? -- Felipe Contreras