# pre-commit hook question 2 messages from 2014-06-14 to 2014-06-16. Participants: Nick Dimov, Junio C Hamano. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/36914 ## Nick Dimov, 2014-06-14 17:34 Subject: pre-commit hook question Message-ID: <539C8796.3070709@gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/539C8796.3070709%40gmail.com ``` Hello everyone. Im struggling for a couple of hours to make git store metadata of the files using metastore and I use hooks/pre-commit for this. The problem is that the script is invoked correctly, and modifies the file "metadata" but the file itself is not added into commit. I tried calling "git add metadata" and "git add -u metadata" but there is no effect. The file ends up uncommited and marked as modified or staged BUT not commited, ever. Is there any way to make this work? Basically, I want it to update and commit the file "metadata" on each commit. (then i want to make the same on checkout, but first i need to make storing work correctly) Thanks! P.S. If you are wondering why I need this, the answer is I store OS files for an embedded device which needs permisions/suid flags etc. ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2014-06-16 18:23 Subject: Re: pre-commit hook question Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/xmqqppi8r9x4.fsf%40gitster.dls.corp.google.com In-Reply-To: <539C8796.3070709@gmail.com> ``` Nick Dimov writes: > Im struggling for a couple of hours to make git store metadata of the > files using metastore and I use hooks/pre-commit for this. The pre-commit hook is about checking if the commits being created is sensible and rejecting otherwise, and it is not designed to allow futzing what is recorded behind the user's back. ```