From: Jonathan del Strother <jon.delstrother@bestbefore.tv>
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:16:56 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] Add post-init hook
Message-ID: <57518fd10810080116gd876f9bv169f575087baccd7@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20081008015352.GA29313@coredump.intra.peff.net>

On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 2:53 AM, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 12:10:33AM +0100, Jonathan del Strother wrote:
>
>> I have a number of hooks that I have to install every time I
>> create/clone a repository.  This patch adds a post-init hook that's
>> perfect for setting up that sort of stuff.
>
> Why is the --template parameter to clone and init not sufficient?
>
 Partly that I never remember to include the --template parameter,
partly that I wanted to customize its behaviour (it copies the files,
I want symlinks so I only have to edit my hooks in one place whenever
I change them)