Re: feature request - add --only-author option to git push

From: Toni Brkic <brkict@gmail.com>
Date: Aug 27, 2020, 13:32 UTC
Message-ID: <CAF2SHyD2EO7o7RhKRGmMaffAa2=6z_rkO+CeBPWREObD=4HmuQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20200827115350.q3xzad3c2v4sgvaf@yadavpratyush.com>

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> >
> > The pre-push hook I do not believe could be used to solve it. Due to
> > that it seems that you cannot have options to
> > pre-hooks. I only want the pre-hook to run when having the
> > --only-authors option. Or some other way to not run the hook.
> >
> > Since there might be situation where I want to change somebody elses patch.
>
> You can pass `--no-verify` to `git push` to skip the pre-push hook:
>
>   --[no-]verify
>      Toggle the pre-push hook (see githooks(5)). The default is
>      --verify, giving the hook a chance to prevent the push. With
>      --no-verify, the hook is bypassed completely.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Pratyush Yadav

Thanks. I could do that for myself. Would not be ideal, but it would work as work around for me. I still think this would be a good feature to add to git. Not sure how the flow for requesting new features. If this would be something that would be of interest to be added I could take a look myself and try to write a patch.