Why doesn't `git cherry-pick` (without `--no-commit`) run my post-commit hook?

Question

How can I trigger a post-commit hook with the command git cherry-pick <commit>?

What I've tried:

• I tried the command git commit -m '...' . It triggered the post-commit hook normally.
• In the githooks document, there are no hooks related to cherry-pick.
• After viewing the source code of Git, I found it uses git merge in some cases, and git commit in others. But I'm not sure when to use which command.

My questions are:

1. Why don't post-commit hooks work when I use git cherry-pick?
2. Is there a hook that cherry-pick will run?

Litterbug

Answer 1

Why don't post-commit hooks work when I use git cherry-pick?

The post-commit hook is run after creating a commit.

However, cherry-pick does not really create a new commit with new information (from the user perspective) but copies another commit.

Is there a hook that cherry-pick will run?

Yes, the prepare-commit-msg should be run before commit is cherry-picked, even though the commit-msg hook is not executed.

Prototherian

Thanks, I want to check the file that has been commited by git cherry-pick, like the post-commit hook, it need to run after the entire commit process is completed. Is there any way to achieve it? – Litterbug

You could try to check if the file is staged. If it is staged, it will be committed. – Prototherian

It can solve my problem. I truly appreciate your timely help! – Litterbug