From ce82eddf1243687477ce8a88c21739a02416545a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stefan Beller Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 13:29:54 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/githooks: mention merge in commit-msg hook The commit-msg hook is invoked by both commit and merge now. Reported-by: Kaartic Sivaraam Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/githooks.txt | 9 ++++----- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/githooks.txt b/Documentation/githooks.txt index 623ed1a138..f4e75b9c90 100644 --- a/Documentation/githooks.txt +++ b/Documentation/githooks.txt @@ -127,11 +127,10 @@ help message found in the commented portion of the commit template. commit-msg ~~~~~~~~~~ -This hook is invoked by 'git commit', and can be bypassed -with the `--no-verify` option. It takes a single parameter, the -name of the file that holds the proposed commit log message. -Exiting with a non-zero status causes the 'git commit' to -abort. +This hook is invoked by 'git commit' and 'git merge', and can be +bypassed with the `--no-verify` option. It takes a single parameter, +the name of the file that holds the proposed commit log message. +Exiting with a non-zero status causes the command to abort. The hook is allowed to edit the message file in place, and can be used to normalize the message into some project standard format. It -- 2.11.4.GIT