On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 13:46, Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 05, 2010 at 01:30:46PM +0200, Gisle Aas wrote:
>
>> I would like to implement a pre-commit hook that validates the
>> --author set for the commit. Our use case is a shared repository of
>> configuration info where different persons all commit as root; but we
>> want to make sure they override the --author to something sensible.
>>
>> What would be the preferred mechanism to pass on this information? It
>> could for instance be arguments to the hook script or via environment
>> variables.
>
> It would make sense to me for it to be passed in through the environment
> using GIT_{AUTHOR,COMMITTER}_{NAME,EMAIL}. You could even pass
> GIT_AUTHOR_DATE to detect if somebody is using "git commit -c" to get
> the date from a previous commit.
I agree that would be a more natural interface. Attached is a patch
that sets these environment variables before the hooks are invoked.
The patch also updates the documentation and adds some tests.
Regards,
Gisle
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