Re: feature request - add --only-author option to git push

[Toni Brkic <brkict@gmail.com>]

>
> Hi Toni,
>
> On 27/08/20 09:47AM, Toni Brkic wrote:
> > Sorry if this mail list is not used for feature requests/discussions.
> > This was the best list I found.
> > Let me know if should post it somewhere else.
> >
> > I would like to be able to configure git so that when doing git push
> > git checks that I am author of
> > all patches that are being pushed. If I am not authour it should not do push.
> >
> > The reason for this is that a common mistake that happens when working
> > with gerrit (at least for me)
> >
> > Person A has uploaded patch1
> > I need patch1 to continue development and cherry pick it to my repo.
> > Person A uploads new version of patch1
> > I have finished my patch and push to gerrit. What then happens is that
> > I have an older version of patch1 and thus overwrite the new version
> > by Person A
> >
> > Maybe there is some way already to do this, but I could not find
> > anything when searching.
>
> Have you tried using a pre-push hook? It looks like it is exactly what
> you need:
>
>    pre-push
>      This hook is called by git-push(1) and can be used to prevent a
>      push from taking place. The hook is called with two parameters
>      which provide the name and location of the destination remote, if a
>      named remote is not being used both values will be the same.
>
>      Information about what is to be pushed is provided on the hook’s
>      standard input with lines of the form:
>
>          <local ref> SP <local sha1> SP <remote ref> SP <remote sha1> LF
>
>      For instance, if the command git push origin master:foreign were
>      run the hook would receive a line like the following:
>
>          refs/heads/master 67890 refs/heads/foreign 12345
>
>      although the full, 40-character SHA-1s would be supplied. If the
>      foreign ref does not yet exist the <remote SHA-1> will be 40 0. If
>      a ref is to be deleted, the <local ref> will be supplied as
>      (delete) and the <local SHA-1> will be 40 0. If the local commit
>      was specified by something other than a name which could be
>      expanded (such as HEAD~, or a SHA-1) it will be supplied as it was
>      originally given.
>
>      If this hook exits with a non-zero status, git push will abort
>      without pushing anything. Information about why the push is
>      rejected may be sent to the user by writing to standard error.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Pratyush Yadav

The pre-push hook I do not believe could be used to solve it. Due to
that it seems that you cannot have options to
pre-hooks. I only want the pre-hook to run when having the
--only-authors option. Or some other way to not run the hook.

Since there might be situation where I want to change somebody elses patch.