What is the best way (if any) to modify a particular file under our repository within a post_commit hook?
eg: I want to append a checksum line to a somefile.conf file
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What is the best way (if any) to modify a particular file under our repository within a post_commit hook?
eg: I want to append a checksum line to a somefile.conf file
Don’t do this in a hook — do it in a separate change, that other users of that branch can then pull down into their working copy. It doesn’t need to be more complicated than this (in pseudocode):
It’s not uncommon for build scripts (running under cron or triggered by a Makefile) to make periodic revisions to a repository, for example regenerating files based on other files. Sometimes these are checked into the repository and sometimes they aren’t, depending on who consumes these files and how.