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Subject: Re: Arguments to git hooks
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On Mon, May 07, 2012 at 12:05:51AM +0530, jaseem abid wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I am trying to write a hook '.git/hooks/commit-msg' to be run before
> every commit.
> 
> How can I pass arguments to the script? Now by default the only arg I
> am getting is `.git/COMMIT_EDITMSG'`. I would love to get the list of
> files I tried to commit also into the script so that I can run a lint
> program on it before committing it. How can I get this done?
> 
> V/r,

As far as I can see that's the only argument that git-commit passes on
to the commit-msg hook. Can't you just call something like git-status
from the hook or do you need the information passed specifically as an
argument?

	Marcus