Re: prepare-commit-msg hook no longer run for cherry-pick?

[Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>]

Hi Junio,

On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 10:48 AM, Dmitry Torokhov
<dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I had prepare-commit-msg hook that would scrub "Patchwork-ID: NNNN" tags
> form commit messages and would update input mailing list patchwork to
> mark corresponding patches as "accepted" when I cherry pick form
> WIP/review queue into branches that I publish, but that recently stopped
> working if I do a simple cherry-pick.

This seems like a regression, at least for my use case. Unfortunately
my mail seems to get lost in the mailing list noise... Please let me
know if this is indeed broken or I need to adjust my workflow.

Thanks!

> If I specify that I want to edit
> the message, then the hook is executed:
>
> dtor@dtor-ws:~/kernel/master (for-linus)$ GIT_TRACE=2 git cherry-pick ff162c1554efe951ba6c7a19a228fc76a91fe1ed
> 10:43:12.832426 git.c:344               trace: built-in: git 'cherry-pick' 'ff162c1554efe951ba6c7a19a228fc76a91fe1ed'
> [for-linus 48bc600a3659] Input: raydium_i2c_ts - include hardware version in firmware name
> Author: Jeffrey Lin <jeffrey.lin@rad-ic.com>
> Date: Thu Jan 4 21:35:23 2018 -0800
> 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> dtor@dtor-ws:~/kernel/master (for-linus)$ gti reset --hard HEAD^
> HEAD is now at 02a0d9216d4d Input: xen-kbdfront - do not advertise multi-touch pressure support
> dtor@dtor-ws:~/kernel/master (for-linus)$ GIT_TRACE=2 git cherry-pick -e ff162c1554efe951ba6c7a19a228fc76a91fe1ed
> 10:43:24.433162 git.c:344               trace: built-in: git 'cherry-pick' '-e' 'ff162c1554efe951ba6c7a19a228fc76a91fe1ed'
> 10:43:24.782355 run-command.c:627       trace: run_command: 'commit' '-n' '-e'
> 10:43:24.786460 git.c:344               trace: built-in: git 'commit' '-n' '-e'
> 10:43:25.082164 run-command.c:627       trace: run_command: '.git/hooks/prepare-commit-msg' '.git/COMMIT_EDITMSG' 'merge'
> hint: Waiting for your editor to close the file...
> 10:43:31.491551 run-command.c:627       trace: run_command: 'vim' '/usr/local/goo gle/home/dtor/kernel/master/.git/COMMIT_EDITMSG'
> [for-linus 039c57df0ec8] Input: raydium_i2c_ts - include hardware version in firmware name
> Author: Jeffrey Lin <jeffrey.lin@rad-ic.com>
> Date: Thu Jan 4 21:35:23 2018 -0800
> 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> dtor@dtor-ws:~/kernel/master (for-linus)$
>
> Also note that the argument to the hook is "merge" whereas I think it
> used to be "cherry-pick" earlier.
>
> Is this behavior intentional? dpkg reports version as 2.16.0~rc0+next.
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Dmitry

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Dmitry