From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 01 May 2012 21:03:05 GMT
Subject: Re: Is there any way to make hooks part of the repository?
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In-Reply-To: <86r4v3mxf7.fsf@red.stonehenge.com>

merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) writes:

>>>>>> "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.