trivial: clarify, what are the config's user.name and user.email about

[git.git] / Documentation / hooks.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/hooks.txt b/Documentation/hooks.txt
index ca0efee..4ad1920 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/hooks.txt
+++ b/Documentation/hooks.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-Hooks used by GIT
+Hooks used by git

 =================
 =================

-v0.99.6, Sep 2005

 
 Hooks are little scripts you can place in `$GIT_DIR/hooks`
 directory to trigger action at certain points.  When
 
 Hooks are little scripts you can place in `$GIT_DIR/hooks`
 directory to trigger action at certain points.  When


@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ pre-commit
 ----------
 
 This hook is invoked by `git-commit`, and can be bypassed
 ----------
 
 This hook is invoked by `git-commit`, and can be bypassed

-with `--no-verify` option.  It takes no parameter, and is
+with `\--no-verify` option.  It takes no parameter, and is

 invoked before obtaining the proposed commit log message and
 making a commit.  Exiting with non-zero status from this script
 causes the `git-commit` to abort.
 invoked before obtaining the proposed commit log message and
 making a commit.  Exiting with non-zero status from this script
 causes the `git-commit` to abort.


@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ commit-msg
 ----------
 
 This hook is invoked by `git-commit`, and can be bypassed
 ----------
 
 This hook is invoked by `git-commit`, and can be bypassed

-with `--no-verify` option.  It takes a single parameter, the
+with `\--no-verify` option.  It takes a single parameter, the

 name of the file that holds the proposed commit log message.
 Exiting with non-zero status causes the `git-commit` to
 abort.
 name of the file that holds the proposed commit log message.
 Exiting with non-zero status causes the `git-commit` to
 abort.


@@ -112,6 +111,10 @@ Another use suggested on the mailing list is to use this hook to
 implement access control which is finer grained than the one
 based on filesystem group.
 
 implement access control which is finer grained than the one
 based on filesystem group.
 

+The standard output of this hook is sent to /dev/null; if you
+want to report something to the git-send-pack on the other end,
+you can redirect your output to your stderr.
+

 post-update
 -----------
 
 post-update
 -----------
 


@@ -126,3 +129,7 @@ the outcome of `git-receive-pack`.
 The default post-update hook, when enabled, runs
 `git-update-server-info` to keep the information used by dumb
 transport up-to-date.
 The default post-update hook, when enabled, runs
 `git-update-server-info` to keep the information used by dumb
 transport up-to-date.

+
+The standard output of this hook is sent to /dev/null; if you
+want to report something to the git-send-pack on the other end,
+you can redirect your output to your stderr.