For certain one-shot hooks we'd like to optimistically run them, and
not complain if they don't exist. This will be used by send-email in a
subsequent commit.
Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/git-hook.txt | 10 +++++++++-
builtin/hook.c | 5 +++++
t/t1800-hook.sh | 5 +++++
3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-hook.txt b/Documentation/git-hook.txt
index 902b9cffaef..1528c860cf1 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-hook.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-hook.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-hook - run git hooks
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git hook' run <hook-name> [-- <hook-args>]
+'git hook' run [--ignore-missing] <hook-name> [-- <hook-args>]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -27,6 +27,14 @@ run::
"--end-of-options"). See "OPTIONS" below for the arguments
this accepts.
+OPTIONS
+-------
+
+--ignore-missing::
+ Ignore any missing hook by quietly returning zero. Used for
+ tools that want to do a blind one-shot run of a hook that may
+ or may not be present.
+
SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:githooks[5]
diff --git a/builtin/hook.c b/builtin/hook.c
index 1b1a594fd00..275dd5b0ed0 100644
--- a/builtin/hook.c
+++ b/builtin/hook.c
@@ -16,10 +16,13 @@ static int run(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
int i;
struct run_hooks_opt opt = RUN_HOOKS_OPT_INIT;
int rc = 0;
+ int ignore_missing = 0;
const char *hook_name;
const char *hook_path;
struct option run_options[] = {
+ OPT_BOOL(0, "ignore-missing", &ignore_missing,
+ N_("exit quietly with a zero exit code if the requested hook cannot be found")),
OPT_END(),
};
@@ -42,6 +45,8 @@ static int run(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
hook_name = argv[1];
hook_path = find_hook(hook_name);
if (!hook_path) {
+ if (ignore_missing)
+ return 0;
error("cannot find a hook named %s", hook_name);
return 1;
}
diff --git a/t/t1800-hook.sh b/t/t1800-hook.sh
index 7cacd27c748..9077afa1ed9 100755
--- a/t/t1800-hook.sh
+++ b/t/t1800-hook.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ test_expect_success 'git hook run -- nonexistent hook' '
test_cmp stderr.expect stderr.actual
'
+test_expect_success 'git hook run -- nonexistent hook with --ignore-missing' '
+ git hook run --ignore-missing does-not-exist 2>stderr.actual &&
+ test_must_be_empty stderr.actual
+'
+
test_expect_success 'git hook run -- basic' '
write_script .git/hooks/test-hook <<-EOF &&
echo Test hook
--
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