Subject: [PATCH v2] docs: document core.hooksPath=/dev/null

From: "Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2025 15:42:15 +0000

From: Derrick Stolee <[email-masked]>

If a user wishes to disable hooks, then they can do so using the
established pattern of setting 'core.hooksPath' to /dev/null. This is
already tested in t1350-config-hooks-path.sh, but has not previously
been visible in the documentation.

Update the documentation to include this as an option.

Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <[email-masked]>
---
    docs: document core.hooksPath=/dev/null
    
    Based on the discussion of the proposed --no-hooks option in v1, that
    code change is dropped in favor of this documentation of
    core.hooksPath=/dev/null.
    
    Thanks,
    
     * Stolee

Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-1899%2Fderrickstolee%2Fno-hooks-v2
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-1899/derrickstolee/no-hooks-v2
Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/1899

Range-diff vs v1:

 1:  91e82850e7d < -:  ----------- git: add --no-hooks global option
 -:  ----------- > 1:  a9cd4bd5100 docs: document core.hooksPath=/dev/null

 Documentation/config/core.adoc | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/config/core.adoc b/Documentation/config/core.adoc
index 8f6d8e77541..9fde1ab63a7 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/core.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/config/core.adoc
@@ -512,6 +512,11 @@ centrally configure your Git hooks instead of configuring them on a
 per-repository basis, or as a more flexible and centralized
 alternative to having an `init.templateDir` where you've changed
 default hooks.
++
+You can also disable all hooks entirely by setting `core.hooksPath`
+to `/dev/null`. This is usually only advisable for expert users and
+on a per-command basis using configuration parameters of the form
+`git -c core.hooksPath=/dev/null ...`.
 
 core.editor::
 	Commands such as `commit` and `tag` that let you edit

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