Re: Documentation of post-receive hook

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

Christoph Michelbach <michelbach94@gmail.com> writes:

> On November 20, 2017 2:17:58 AM GMT+01:00, 
>>How about this rewrite?  Would it consider all the points raised and
>>make it easier to understand?
>>
>>    This hook is invoked by 'git-receive-pack' when it reacts to
>>    'git push' and updates reference(s) in its repository.
>
> I think it's much more intelligible but a hint as to when this
> happens wouldn't hurt. E.g.: "This does not happen if the user
> receives the message 'Already up-to-date'." That is if this is
> correct, of course.

Your suggesting to mention that particular message hints at me that
you feel that the users may not necessarily understand that push did
not result in any update of references on the other side when they
see it.  If the message was clear enough to them, "when it reacts to
push and updates" ought to be clear enough description, too.

And if that indeed is the case (and I would not be surprised if it
is, but I suspect that most users are clueful enough), it is not the
documentation, but the "Already up-to-date" message, that needs to
be clarified, no?

Besides, we'd rather not cast the end-user facing message in stone
in the documentation like that (especially when the message has
known room for improvement and will change).