applypatch-msg
--------------
-This hook is invoked by `git-applypatch` script, which is
-typically invoked by `git-applymbox`. It takes a single
+This hook is invoked by `git-am` script. It takes a single
parameter, the name of the file that holds the proposed commit
log message. Exiting with non-zero status causes
-`git-applypatch` to abort before applying the patch.
+`git-am` to abort before applying the patch.
The hook is allowed to edit the message file in place, and can
be used to normalize the message into some project standard
pre-applypatch
--------------
-This hook is invoked by `git-applypatch` script, which is
-typically invoked by `git-applymbox`. It takes no parameter,
+This hook is invoked by `git-am`. It takes no parameter,
and is invoked after the patch is applied, but before a commit
is made. Exiting with non-zero status causes the working tree
after application of the patch not committed.
post-applypatch
---------------
-This hook is invoked by `git-applypatch` script, which is
-typically invoked by `git-applymbox`. It takes no parameter,
+This hook is invoked by `git-am`. It takes no parameter,
and is invoked after the patch is applied and a commit is made.
This hook is meant primarily for notification, and cannot affect
-the outcome of `git-applypatch`.
+the outcome of `git-am`.
pre-commit
----------
This hook is meant primarily for notification, and cannot affect
the outcome of `git-commit`.
+post-merge
+-----------
+
+This hook is invoked by `git-merge`, which happens when a `git pull`
+is done on a local repository. The hook takes a single parameter, a status
+flag specifying whether or not the merge being done was a squash merge.
+This hook cannot affect the outcome of `git-merge`.
+
+This hook can be used in conjunction with a corresponding pre-commit hook to
+save and restore any form of metadata associated with the working tree
+(eg: permissions/ownership, ACLS, etc). See contrib/hooks/setgitperms.perl
+for an example of how to do this.
+
[[pre-receive]]
pre-receive
-----------
This hook does not affect the outcome of `git-receive-pack`, as it
is called after the real work is done.
-This supersedes the <<post-update,'post-update'>> hook in that it get's
+This supersedes the <<post-update,'post-update'>> hook in that it gets
both old and new values of all the refs in addition to their
names.