Bug: git-hooks documentation should note that if you are using git-daemon you will *not* see stdout and stderr output from hooks.

Chris Patti· Sep 1, 2010, 17:05 UTC · lore

How can I go about submitting a bug or a change request or a diff or whatever to get this fixed please?

It's exceedingly confusing for someone just learning about hook development, and wasted a few hours of my time I'd rather have spent getting my hook running :)

Thanks! -Chris

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Joey Hess· Sep 1, 2010, 17:41 UTC · re: Chris Patti · lore

Re: Bug: git-hooks documentation should note that if you are using git-daemon you will *not* see stdout and stderr output from hooks.

Chris Patti wrote:

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> How can I go about submitting a bug or a change request or a diff or
> whatever to get this fixed please?
> 
> It's exceedingly confusing for someone just learning about hook
> development, and wasted a few hours of my time I'd rather have spent
> getting my hook running :)

For stderr, git-daemon used to not propigate it, but that was fixed (in 5d87dd4fcac808fc0f0b993b470644ba7d2d62a2 / 1.6.4), at least for git-daemon started with --detach or --inetd.

IIRC, all it took to get it fixed was me complaining on this list and the wonderful git developers seeing it. :)

For example:

joey@gnu:~/src/ikiwiki/doc>git push git://ikiwiki.info/
Counting objects: 10, done.
Delta compression using up to 2 threads.
Compressing objects: 100% (6/6), done.
Writing objects: 100% (6/6), 599 bytes, done.
Total 6 (delta 4), reused 0 (delta 0)
remote: removal of attachments is not allowed  <-- stderr from my hook
To git://ikiwiki.info/
 ! [remote rejected] master -> master (pre-receive hook declined)

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