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Re: thoughts on a possible "pre-upload" hook

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Randal L. Schwartz <merlyn@stonehenge.com>
Date
Sep 22, 2009, 16:00 UTC
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>>>>> "Sitaram" == Sitaram Chamarty <sitaramc@gmail.com> writes:

Sitaram> Hello, Sitaram> As git is used more and more in corporate-type environments, at some Sitaram> point it becomes convenient to have *branches* (or more accurately, Sitaram> refs) that are not readable. The simplest way to do this (from git's Sitaram> point of view) is to allow a "pre-upload" hook, rather like the Sitaram> "pre-receive" hook or "update" hook.

It would seem that you would need to do this even before the commit. So you're looking for the pre-commit hook. Otherwise, the commit is invalid, because it doesn't accurately represent everything it references. And the commit is the unit of transfer between repos.

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  1. Sitaram ChamartySep 22, 2009
  2. Randal L. SchwartzSep 22, 2009
  3. Matthieu MoySep 22, 2009
  4. Shawn O. PearceSep 22, 2009
  5. Sitaram ChamartySep 25, 2009
  6. Matthieu MoySep 25, 2009
  7. Sitaram ChamartySep 25, 2009
  8. Adam BrewsterSep 28, 2009
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