Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] commit.c - provide commit-type to the hooks/pre-commit script

From: Mark Levedahl <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2010 20:21:22 -0400

On 06/06/2010 06:10 PM, Jeff King wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 05, 2010 at 01:39:50PM -0400, Mark Levedahl wrote:
>
>    
>> -	if (!no_verify&&  run_hook(index_file, "pre-commit", NULL))
>> +	if (!no_verify&&  run_hook(index_file, "pre-commit", amend ? "amend" : "normal", NULL))
>> [...]
>> -	against=HEAD
>> +	if test "$1" = "amend"
>> +	then
>> +		against=HEAD~1
>> +	else
>> +		against=HEAD
>> +	fi
>>      
> Is there a reason to use the magic "amend" and "normal" words, if
> scripts are just going to end up changing them back into HEAD~1 and HEAD
> anyway?
>
> -Peff
>
>    
Well, git-gui's internal $commit_type variable has the values 
normal|amend, so I went with those. So , yes there is a reason, but 
maybe not a great one :^). Given some consensus, this is trivial to 
change. I'll let things cook a while longer before sending a new patch.

Mark