source ref might be 0000...0000 to delete a branch through git-push, 'git <remote> push :<branch>'. The update hook should not decline this. Signed-off-by: Gerrit Pape <pape@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- templates/hooks--update | 7 ++++++- 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/templates/hooks--update b/templates/hooks--update index 0dcb1ad..9d3795c 100644 --- a/templates/hooks--update +++ b/templates/hooks--update @@ -41,7 +41,12 @@ if [ -z "$projectdesc" -o "$projectdesc" = "Unnamed repository; edit this file t fi # --- Check types -newrev_type=$(git-cat-file -t $newrev) +# if $newrev is 0000...0000, it's a commit to delete a branch +if [ -z "${newrev##0*}" ]; then + newrev_type=commit +else + newrev_type=$(git-cat-file -t $newrev) +fi case "$refname","$newrev_type" in refs/tags/*,commit) -- 1.5.1.1 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html