Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Andreas Politz <politza@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> the exit value of a `git checkout' seems to depend on the exit values of >> the hooks it runs. This breaks for example `git bisect', as seen in the >> following example. > > I am a bit puzzled why you have "checkout" and "post-commit" on the > title, though. Does checkout call a hook for "commit"? No, just a typo. > Any script that calls "git checkout" and sees it fail should not > blindly continue its usual processing; if "git bisect" notices an > error from "git checkout" it internally runs and stops, it is doing > the right thing. So its by designed, I should have guessed as much. I'm sorry, I never used git-hooks before and spend an hour trying to figure out, why I can't reset the bisect operation, while the error message (something to the effect of "Unable to checkout master" seemed ridiculous. -ap