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Re: [PATCH 2/2] api-run-command.txt: talk about run_hook()

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Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 15, 2009, 15:49 UTC
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Stephan Beyer <s-beyer@gmx.net> writes:
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> +`run_hook`::
> +
> +	Run a hook.
> +	The first argument is a string to an index file or NULL
> +	if the default index file or no index is used at all.
Errr...
        The first argument is a filename path to an index file,
        or NULL if hook uses default index file or no index is
        used at all. 
> +	The second argument is the name of the hook.
O.K.
> +	The further variable number (up to 9) of arguments correspond
> +	to the hook arguments.
> +	The last argument has to be NULL to terminate the variable
> +	arguments list.
Why the limitation of maximum of 9 hook arguments?
> +	If the hook is not executable, the return value is zero.
Or the hook does not exist, I assume.
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> +	If it is executable, the hook will be executed and the exit
> +	status of the hook is returned.
> +	On execution, .stdout_to_stderr and .no_stdin will be set.
> +	(See below.)
> +
>  
>  Data structures
>  ---------------
> -- 
> 1.6.1.160.gecdb
> 
-- 
Jakub Narebski
Poland
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Message 3 of 17 in “Move run_hook() from builtin-commit.c into run-command.c (libgit)”
  1. 1/2 Move run_hook() from builtin-commit.c into run-command.c (libgit)Stephan Beyer, Jan 15, 2009
  2. 2/2 api-run-command.txt: talk about run_hook()Stephan Beyer, Jan 15, 2009
  3. Jakub NarebskiJan 15, 2009
  4. Miklos VajnaJan 15, 2009
  5. Johannes SchindelinJan 15, 2009
  6. Junio C HamanoJan 15, 2009
  7. Stephan BeyerJan 16, 2009
  8. 1/5 checkout: don't crash on file checkout before running post-checkout hookStephan Beyer, Jan 16, 2009
  9. 2/5 Move run_hook() from builtin-commit.c into run-command.c (libgit)Stephan Beyer, Jan 16, 2009
  10. 3/5 api-run-command.txt: talk about run_hook()Stephan Beyer, Jan 16, 2009
  11. 4/5 run_hook(): check the executability of the hook before filling argvStephan Beyer, Jan 16, 2009
  12. 5/5 run_hook(): allow more than 9 hook argumentsStephan Beyer, Jan 16, 2009
  13. Johannes SchindelinJan 16, 2009
  14. 5/5 run_hook(): allow more than 9 hook argumentsStephan Beyer, Jan 17, 2009
  15. Junio C HamanoJan 18, 2009
  16. Stephan BeyerJan 18, 2009
  17. Johannes SchindelinJan 16, 2009

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