[RFC] Pre-commit hooks and other requests

[Dennis Benzinger]

Am Tue, 26 Jun 2007 23:41:06 +1000
schrieb Ian Clatworthy <ian.clatworthy at internode.on.net>:

> Before I go overboard restructuring commit, I'd like to have a feel
> for any future features that are *likely* to be requested. For
> example, right now commit supports hooks for code to execute after a
> commit is successful. Is there a need for pre-commit hooks or some
> "mid-commit" hooks?
> [...]

Pre-commit hooks would be very helpful. For example to check if coding
conventions are followed. The Python developers are doing this with
their Subversion repository.


Dennis