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Re: [PATCH 09/10] hook: show config scope in git hook list

From
Adrian Ratiu <adrian.ratiu@collabora.com>
Date
Mar 10, 2026, 14:45 UTC
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On Mon, 09 Mar 2026, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
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> Adrian Ratiu <adrian.ratiu@collabora.com> writes:
>
>> +list [-z] [--show-scope]::
>>  	Print a list of hooks which will be run on `<hook-name>` event. If no
>>  	hooks are configured for that event, print a warning and return 1.
>>  	Use `-z` to terminate output lines with NUL instead of newlines.
>> ...
>>  		case HOOK_CONFIGURED:
>> -			printf("%s%c", h->u.configured.friendly_name, line_terminator);
>> +			if (show_scope)
>> +				printf("%s (%s)%c",
>> +				       h->u.configured.friendly_name,
>> +				       config_scope_name(h->u.configured.scope),
>> +				       line_terminator);
>> +			else
>> +				printf("%s%c", h->u.configured.friendly_name,
>> +				       line_terminator);
>>  			break;
>
> Everything in this patch was as expected (the most important of
> which is where the data is kept, which is in the new structure
> hook_config_cache_entry that was introduced in the previous step for
> use case like this), except for the above bit.
>
> I wonder if this already interacts well enough with "-z", or a minor
> tweak would make it better?  Wouldn't a machine consumer expect that
> friendly name and cope be given as two separate and easily parseable
> fields in the same record?

Yes, out of all the logic in this series, these printf's are the ones I'm most unsure about.

I'll try to come up with something better for machine parsing in v2.
Suggestions are very much welcome btw. :)
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Message 21 of 71 in “config-hook cleanups and two small 'git hook list' features”
  1. 00/10 config-hook cleanups and two small 'git hook list' featuresAdrian Ratiu, Mar 9, 2026
  2. 01/10 hook: move unsorted_string_list_remove() to string-list.[ch]Adrian Ratiu, Mar 9, 2026
  3. SZEDER GáborMar 10, 2026
  4. Adrian RatiuMar 11, 2026
  5. 02/10 hook: fix minor style issuesAdrian Ratiu, Mar 9, 2026
  6. Eric SunshineMar 9, 2026
  7. 03/10 hook: rename cb_data_free/alloc -> hook_data_free/allocAdrian Ratiu, Mar 9, 2026
  8. Patrick SteinhardtMar 11, 2026
  9. Adrian RatiuMar 11, 2026
  10. 04/10 hook: detect & emit two more bugsAdrian Ratiu, Mar 9, 2026
  11. 05/10 hook: replace hook_list_clear() -> string_list_clear_func()Adrian Ratiu, Mar 9, 2026
  12. Eric SunshineMar 9, 2026
  13. Adrian RatiuMar 10, 2026
  14. 06/10 hook: make consistent use of friendly-name in docsAdrian Ratiu, Mar 9, 2026
  15. 08/10 hook: refactor hook_config_cache from strmap to named structAdrian Ratiu, Mar 9, 2026
  16. Junio C HamanoMar 9, 2026
  17. Adrian RatiuMar 10, 2026
  18. 07/10 t1800: add test to verify hook execution orderingAdrian Ratiu, Mar 9, 2026
  19. 09/10 hook: show config scope in git hook listAdrian Ratiu, Mar 9, 2026
  20. Junio C HamanoMar 9, 2026
  21. Adrian RatiuMar 10, 2026
  22. Patrick SteinhardtMar 11, 2026
  23. Adrian RatiuMar 11, 2026
  24. 10/10 hook: show disabled hooks in "git hook list"Adrian Ratiu, Mar 9, 2026
  25. Patrick SteinhardtMar 11, 2026
  26. Adrian RatiuMar 11, 2026
  27. Patrick SteinhardtMar 11, 2026
  28. Junio C HamanoMar 9, 2026
  29. Adrian RatiuMar 10, 2026
  30. Junio C HamanoMar 9, 2026
  31. 00/10 config-hook cleanups and two small 'git hook list' featuresAdrian Ratiu, Mar 20, 2026
  32. 01/10 hook: move unsorted_string_list_remove() to string-list.[ch]Adrian Ratiu, Mar 20, 2026
  33. 03/10 hook: rename cb_data_free/alloc -> hook_data_free/allocAdrian Ratiu, Mar 20, 2026
  34. 04/10 hook: detect & emit two more bugsAdrian Ratiu, Mar 20, 2026
  35. 05/10 hook: replace hook_list_clear() -> string_list_clear_func()Adrian Ratiu, Mar 20, 2026
  36. Patrick SteinhardtMar 24, 2026
  37. Adrian RatiuMar 24, 2026
  38. Patrick SteinhardtMar 25, 2026
  39. 06/10 hook: make consistent use of friendly-name in docsAdrian Ratiu, Mar 20, 2026
  40. 07/10 t1800: add test to verify hook execution orderingAdrian Ratiu, Mar 20, 2026
  41. 08/10 hook: introduce hook_config_cache_entry for per-hook dataAdrian Ratiu, Mar 20, 2026
  42. 02/10 hook: fix minor style issuesAdrian Ratiu, Mar 20, 2026
  43. Patrick SteinhardtMar 24, 2026
  44. Adrian RatiuMar 24, 2026
  45. 09/10 hook: show config scope in git hook listAdrian Ratiu, Mar 20, 2026
  46. Patrick SteinhardtMar 24, 2026
  47. Adrian RatiuMar 25, 2026
  48. 10/10 hook: show disabled hooks in "git hook list"Adrian Ratiu, Mar 20, 2026
  49. Patrick SteinhardtMar 24, 2026
  50. Junio C HamanoMar 24, 2026
  51. Adrian RatiuMar 24, 2026
  52. Junio C HamanoMar 23, 2026
  53. Patrick SteinhardtMar 24, 2026
  54. Adrian RatiuMar 24, 2026
  55. 00/12 config-hook cleanups and three small git-hook featuresAdrian Ratiu, Mar 25, 2026
  56. 01/12 hook: move unsorted_string_list_remove() to string-list.[ch]Adrian Ratiu, Mar 25, 2026
  57. 02/12 builtin/receive-pack: properly init receive_hook strbufAdrian Ratiu, Mar 25, 2026
  58. 04/12 hook: rename cb_data_free/alloc -> hook_data_free/allocAdrian Ratiu, Mar 25, 2026
  59. 03/12 hook: fix minor style issuesAdrian Ratiu, Mar 25, 2026
  60. 05/12 hook: detect & emit two more bugsAdrian Ratiu, Mar 25, 2026
  61. 06/12 hook: replace hook_list_clear() -> string_list_clear_func()Adrian Ratiu, Mar 25, 2026
  62. 07/12 hook: make consistent use of friendly-name in docsAdrian Ratiu, Mar 25, 2026
  63. 08/12 t1800: add test to verify hook execution orderingAdrian Ratiu, Mar 25, 2026
  64. 09/12 hook: introduce hook_config_cache_entry for per-hook dataAdrian Ratiu, Mar 25, 2026
  65. 10/12 hook: show config scope in git hook listAdrian Ratiu, Mar 25, 2026
  66. 11/12 hook: show disabled hooks in "git hook list"Adrian Ratiu, Mar 25, 2026
  67. 12/12 hook: reject unknown hook names in git-hook(1)Adrian Ratiu, Mar 25, 2026
  68. Junio C HamanoMar 25, 2026
  69. Adrian RatiuMar 26, 2026
  70. Patrick SteinhardtMar 27, 2026
  71. Junio C HamanoMar 27, 2026

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