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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com>
To: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail•com>
Cc: Ilya Bobyr <ilya.bobyr@gmail•com>, git@vger•kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RTC/PATCH] Add 'update-branch' hook
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 16:00:34 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqtx9m70fh.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <53559b0cc066_6c39e772f09d@nysa.notmuch> (Felipe Contreras's message of "Mon, 21 Apr 2014 17:26:20 -0500")

Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail•com> writes:

> ... there are _already_ hooks without pre/post.

Like commit-msg?  Yes, it would have been nicer if it were named
verify-commit-message or something.

Old mistakes are harder to change because of inertia.  It is not a
good excuse to knowingly make a new mistake to add new exceptions
that the users need to check documentations for, is it?

> And it's not confusing,

A simple fact that Ilya asked the question tells us otherwise ;-)

I personally do not see an immediate need for post-update-branch,
but if the new hook is about intervening an operation, it would be a
good idea to name the hook with "pre-" like other "before doing
something, validate the operation and forbid" hooks.  Otherwise it
would be impossible to later add "post-update-branch" for whatever
reason without inviting "why does pre-update-branch hook is misnamed
as just update-branch, when other validation and post-action pair
are named pre-something and post-something?".

  reply	other threads:[~2014-04-21 23:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-04-21  2:23 [RTC/PATCH] Add 'update-branch' hook Felipe Contreras
2014-04-21  7:25 ` Eric Sunshine
2014-04-21 20:02 ` Ilya Bobyr
2014-04-21 20:49   ` Felipe Contreras
2014-04-21 21:15     ` Ilya Bobyr
2014-04-21 21:17       ` Felipe Contreras
2014-04-21 21:39         ` Ilya Bobyr
2014-04-21 21:36           ` Felipe Contreras
2014-04-22 14:43             ` Stephen Leake
2014-04-22 16:31               ` Felipe Contreras
2014-04-22 17:09                 ` Ilya Bobyr
2014-04-22 17:28                   ` Felipe Contreras
2014-04-23  7:49                 ` Stephen Leake
2014-04-23  9:07                   ` Felipe Contreras
2014-04-23 22:44                     ` Junio C Hamano
2014-04-24  1:11                       ` Felipe Contreras
2014-04-26 17:38                         ` Junio C Hamano
2014-04-26 19:28                           ` Felipe Contreras
2014-04-24 14:26                     ` Stephen Leake
2014-04-24 18:08                       ` Felipe Contreras
2014-04-21 21:52           ` Junio C Hamano
2014-04-21 22:26             ` Felipe Contreras
2014-04-21 23:00               ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2014-04-23 21:30                 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-04-23 22:15                   ` Junio C Hamano
2014-04-24  1:00                     ` Felipe Contreras
2014-04-22  6:41     ` Ilya Bobyr
2014-04-22 16:30       ` Felipe Contreras
2014-04-21 21:17 ` Ilya Bobyr
2014-04-21 21:15   ` Felipe Contreras
2014-04-21 21:36     ` Ilya Bobyr
2014-04-21 21:35       ` Felipe Contreras
     [not found]         ` <CADcHDF+XcWEkvyP3tL4ibicnaMVJpixUZu1Ces0BXWkzPGsodw@mail.gmail.com>
2014-04-21 22:24           ` Felipe Contreras
2014-04-22  6:05             ` Ilya Bobyr
2014-04-22  6:45               ` Felipe Contreras
2014-04-22  7:00                 ` Ilya Bobyr
2014-04-22  6:56                   ` Felipe Contreras
2014-04-22  6:35 ` Ilya Bobyr
2014-04-22 16:27   ` Felipe Contreras

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