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1 | git-receive-pack(1) |
2 | =================== | |
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3 | |
4 | NAME | |
5 | ---- | |
c3f0baac | 6 | git-receive-pack - Receive what is pushed into the repository |
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7 | |
8 | ||
9 | SYNOPSIS | |
10 | -------- | |
7791a1d9 | 11 | [verse] |
90a6c7d4 | 12 | 'git-receive-pack' [--quiet] <directory> |
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13 | |
14 | DESCRIPTION | |
15 | ----------- | |
0b444cdb | 16 | Invoked by 'git send-pack' and updates the repository with the |
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17 | information fed from the remote end. |
18 | ||
19 | This command is usually not invoked directly by the end user. | |
0b444cdb | 20 | The UI for the protocol is on the 'git send-pack' side, and the |
2a245013 | 21 | program pair is meant to be used to push updates to remote |
483bc4f0 | 22 | repository. For pull operations, see linkgit:git-fetch-pack[1]. |
2a245013 | 23 | |
a75d7b54 | 24 | The command allows for creation and fast-forwarding of sha1 refs |
b1bf95bb | 25 | (heads/tags) on the remote end (strictly speaking, it is the |
ba020ef5 | 26 | local end 'git-receive-pack' runs, but to the user who is sitting at |
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27 | the send-pack end, it is updating the remote. Confused?) |
28 | ||
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29 | There are other real-world examples of using update and |
30 | post-update hooks found in the Documentation/howto directory. | |
b1bf95bb | 31 | |
ba020ef5 | 32 | 'git-receive-pack' honours the receive.denyNonFastForwards config |
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33 | option, which tells it if updates to a ref should be denied if they |
34 | are not fast-forwards. | |
35 | ||
36 | OPTIONS | |
37 | ------- | |
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38 | --quiet:: |
39 | Print only error messages. | |
40 | ||
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41 | <directory>:: |
42 | The repository to sync into. | |
43 | ||
44 | pre-receive Hook | |
45 | ---------------- | |
46 | Before any ref is updated, if $GIT_DIR/hooks/pre-receive file exists | |
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47 | and is executable, it will be invoked once with no parameters. The |
48 | standard input of the hook will be one line per ref to be updated: | |
05ef58ec | 49 | |
f43cd49f | 50 | sha1-old SP sha1-new SP refname LF |
05ef58ec | 51 | |
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52 | The refname value is relative to $GIT_DIR; e.g. for the master |
53 | head this is "refs/heads/master". The two sha1 values before | |
05ef58ec | 54 | each refname are the object names for the refname before and after |
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55 | the update. Refs to be created will have sha1-old equal to 0\{40}, |
56 | while refs to be deleted will have sha1-new equal to 0\{40}, otherwise | |
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57 | sha1-old and sha1-new should be valid objects in the repository. |
58 | ||
59 | This hook is called before any refname is updated and before any | |
60 | fast-forward checks are performed. | |
61 | ||
62 | If the pre-receive hook exits with a non-zero exit status no updates | |
63 | will be performed, and the update, post-receive and post-update | |
64 | hooks will not be invoked either. This can be useful to quickly | |
65 | bail out if the update is not to be supported. | |
b1bf95bb | 66 | |
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67 | update Hook |
68 | ----------- | |
69 | Before each ref is updated, if $GIT_DIR/hooks/update file exists | |
70 | and is executable, it is invoked once per ref, with three parameters: | |
b1bf95bb | 71 | |
05ef58ec | 72 | $GIT_DIR/hooks/update refname sha1-old sha1-new |
b1bf95bb | 73 | |
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74 | The refname parameter is relative to $GIT_DIR; e.g. for the master |
75 | head this is "refs/heads/master". The two sha1 arguments are | |
76 | the object names for the refname before and after the update. | |
77 | Note that the hook is called before the refname is updated, | |
967506bb | 78 | so either sha1-old is 0\{40} (meaning there is no such ref yet), |
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79 | or it should match what is recorded in refname. |
80 | ||
81 | The hook should exit with non-zero status if it wants to disallow | |
82 | updating the named ref. Otherwise it should exit with zero. | |
83 | ||
84 | Successful execution (a zero exit status) of this hook does not | |
02783075 | 85 | ensure the ref will actually be updated, it is only a prerequisite. |
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86 | As such it is not a good idea to send notices (e.g. email) from |
87 | this hook. Consider using the post-receive hook instead. | |
88 | ||
89 | post-receive Hook | |
90 | ----------------- | |
91 | After all refs were updated (or attempted to be updated), if any | |
92 | ref update was successful, and if $GIT_DIR/hooks/post-receive | |
04c8ce9c | 93 | file exists and is executable, it will be invoked once with no |
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94 | parameters. The standard input of the hook will be one line |
95 | for each successfully updated ref: | |
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f43cd49f | 97 | sha1-old SP sha1-new SP refname LF |
05ef58ec | 98 | |
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99 | The refname value is relative to $GIT_DIR; e.g. for the master |
100 | head this is "refs/heads/master". The two sha1 values before | |
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101 | each refname are the object names for the refname before and after |
102 | the update. Refs that were created will have sha1-old equal to | |
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103 | 0\{40}, while refs that were deleted will have sha1-new equal to |
104 | 0\{40}, otherwise sha1-old and sha1-new should be valid objects in | |
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105 | the repository. |
106 | ||
107 | Using this hook, it is easy to generate mails describing the updates | |
108 | to the repository. This example script sends one mail message per | |
109 | ref listing the commits pushed to the repository: | |
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110 | |
111 | #!/bin/sh | |
19614330 | 112 | # mail out commit update information. |
f43cd49f | 113 | while read oval nval ref |
05ef58ec | 114 | do |
f43cd49f | 115 | if expr "$oval" : '0*$' >/dev/null |
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116 | then |
117 | echo "Created a new ref, with the following commits:" | |
b1889c36 | 118 | git rev-list --pretty "$nval" |
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119 | else |
120 | echo "New commits:" | |
b1889c36 | 121 | git rev-list --pretty "$nval" "^$oval" |
05ef58ec | 122 | fi | |
f43cd49f | 123 | mail -s "Changes to ref $ref" commit-list@mydomain |
05ef58ec | 124 | done |
b1bf95bb | 125 | exit 0 |
2a245013 | 126 | |
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127 | The exit code from this hook invocation is ignored, however a |
128 | non-zero exit code will generate an error message. | |
19614330 | 129 | |
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130 | Note that it is possible for refname to not have sha1-new when this |
131 | hook runs. This can easily occur if another user modifies the ref | |
ba020ef5 | 132 | after it was updated by 'git-receive-pack', but before the hook was able |
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133 | to evaluate it. It is recommended that hooks rely on sha1-new |
134 | rather than the current value of refname. | |
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136 | post-update Hook |
137 | ---------------- | |
138 | After all other processing, if at least one ref was updated, and | |
139 | if $GIT_DIR/hooks/post-update file exists and is executable, then | |
04c8ce9c | 140 | post-update will be called with the list of refs that have been updated. |
05ef58ec | 141 | This can be used to implement any repository wide cleanup tasks. |
eb0362a4 | 142 | |
05ef58ec | 143 | The exit code from this hook invocation is ignored; the only thing |
ba020ef5 | 144 | left for 'git-receive-pack' to do at that point is to exit itself |
05ef58ec | 145 | anyway. |
eb0362a4 | 146 | |
483bc4f0 | 147 | This hook can be used, for example, to run `git update-server-info` |
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148 | if the repository is packed and is served via a dumb transport. |
149 | ||
150 | #!/bin/sh | |
b1889c36 | 151 | exec git update-server-info |
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153 | |
154 | SEE ALSO | |
155 | -------- | |
5162e697 | 156 | linkgit:git-send-pack[1] |
6d35cc76 | 157 | |
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158 | GIT |
159 | --- | |
9e1f0a85 | 160 | Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |