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diff --git a/Documentation/githooks.txt b/Documentation/githooks.txt index 06e997131b..0397dec64d 100644 --- a/Documentation/githooks.txt +++ b/Documentation/githooks.txt @@ -415,13 +415,13 @@ post-receive This hook is invoked by linkgit:git-receive-pack[1] when it reacts to `git push` and updates reference(s) in its repository. -It executes on the remote repository once after all the refs have -been updated. +The hook executes on the remote repository once after all the proposed +ref updates are processed and if at least one ref is updated as the +result. -This hook executes once for the receive operation. It takes no -arguments, but gets the same information as the -<<pre-receive,'pre-receive'>> -hook does on its standard input. +The hook takes no arguments. It receives one line on standard input for +each ref that is successfully updated following the same format as the +<<pre-receive,'pre-receive'>> hook. This hook does not affect the outcome of `git receive-pack`, as it is called after the real work is done. @@ -448,6 +448,9 @@ environment variables will not be set. If the client selects to use push options, but doesn't transmit any, the count variable will be set to zero, `GIT_PUSH_OPTION_COUNT=0`. +See the "post-receive" section in linkgit:git-receive-pack[1] for +additional details. + [[post-update]] post-update ~~~~~~~~~~~ |