Subject: Re: [RTC/PATCH] Add 'update-branch' hook

From: Stephen Leake <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 02:49:16 -0500

Felipe Contreras <[email-masked]> writes:

> Stephen Leake wrote:
>> Felipe Contreras <[email-masked]> writes:
>> 
>> > Ilya Bobyr wrote:
>> >> On 4/21/2014 2:17 PM, Felipe Contreras wrote:
>> >> > Ilya Bobyr wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> Also, most have names that start with either "pre-" or "post-".
>> >> >> It seems reasonable for both "pre-update-branch" and
>> >> >> "post-update-branch" to exist.
>> >> > I don't see what would be the point in that.
>> >> 
>> >> Do you see the point in the other hooks doing that?
>> >
>> > Yes, there a reason for the existance of those hooks. Now tell me why would
>> > anybody use post-update-branch instead of pre-update-branch?
>> 
>> I have a branch which should always be recompiled on update;
>> post-update-branch would be a good place for that.
>
> And why would pre-update-branch not serve that purpose?

Because the code that needs to be compiled is not yet in the workspace

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