From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 20:58:35 GMT
Subject: Re: cherry-pick / pre-commit hook?
Message-ID: <7vipyfx79g.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <20101227093729.GB1201@burratino>

Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:

> Dave Abrahams wrote:
>
>> if you're going to have a "pre-commit hook" concept,
>> but not run that hook for some kinds of commits, then that fact needs
>> to be documented.
>
> True, and thanks for a reminder.  Suggested wording?
>
> The current githooks(5) says
>
>  pre-commit
> 	This hook is invoked by git commit, and can be bypassed with
> 	--no-verify option.
>
> and leaves the question of whether it is invoked by git cherry-pick
> unanswered.

Huh?  Isn't it very clear that "git commit" calls it and "git status" or
anything that is not "git commit" doesn't?