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Re: Is there any way to make hooks part of the repository?

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
May 1, 2012, 21:03 UTC
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merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) writes:
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>>>>>> "Junio" == Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
>
> Junio> By design.  Do you want me to include "rm -fr ~hilco" in some hook of
> Junio> git.git repository?
>
> This just came up yesterday at $PRIMARY_CLIENT.  One idea we kicked
> around was having a convention for storing the hooks-to-be-populated in
> ".githooks" in the repository tree, and then having clone notice that
> and offer to install them directly if from a trusted source, or at least
> move them into a disabled state in .git/hooks otherwise.

We've talked about something like that a few times in the past, but as far as I (am concerned / remember) the conclusion has always been that is not worth "standardizing", i.e. nothing a ./setup script in-tree or a Makefile target cannot offer the same convenience.

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Message 4 of 18 in “Is there any way to make hooks part of the repository?”
  1. Hilco WijbengaMay 1, 2012
  2. Junio C HamanoMay 1, 2012
  3. Randal L. SchwartzMay 1, 2012
  4. Junio C HamanoMay 1, 2012
  5. Hilco WijbengaMay 1, 2012
  6. PJ WeisbergMay 1, 2012
  7. Hilco WijbengaMay 1, 2012
  8. Nathan GrayMay 2, 2012
  9. Hilco WijbengaMay 2, 2012
  10. Hilco WijbengaMay 1, 2012
  11. Hilco WijbengaMay 1, 2012
  12. Matthieu MoyMay 2, 2012
  13. Hilco WijbengaMay 2, 2012
  14. Junio C HamanoMay 2, 2012
  15. Hilco WijbengaMay 2, 2012
  16. Thomas RastMay 3, 2012
  17. Hilco WijbengaMay 3, 2012
  18. Johan HerlandMay 4, 2012

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