linkgit:git-config[1]).
Before Git invokes a hook, it changes its working directory to either
-the root of the working tree in a non-bare repository, or to the
-$GIT_DIR in a bare repository.
+$GIT_DIR in a bare repository or the root of the working tree in a non-bare
+repository. An exception are hooks triggered during a push ('pre-receive',
+'update', 'post-receive', 'post-update', 'push-to-checkout') which are always
+executed in $GIT_DIR.
Hooks can get their arguments via the environment, command-line
arguments, and stdin. See the documentation for each hook below for
The commits are guaranteed to be listed in the order that they were
processed by rebase.
+sendemail-validate
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+This hook is invoked by 'git send-email'. It takes a single parameter,
+the name of the file that holds the e-mail to be sent. Exiting with a
+non-zero status causes 'git send-email' to abort before sending any
+e-mails.
+
GIT
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