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.SH "NAME"
git-hook \- Run git hooks
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.sp
.nf
\fIgit hook\fR run [\-\-ignore\-missing] [\-\-to\-stdin=<path>] <hook\-name> [\-\- <hook\-args>]
.fi
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.sp
A command interface for running git hooks (see \fBgithooks\fR(5)), for use by other scripted git commands\&.
.SH "SUBCOMMANDS"
.PP
run
.RS 4
Run the
\fI<hook\-name>\fR
hook\&. See
\fBgithooks\fR(5)
for supported hook names\&.
.sp
Any positional arguments to the hook should be passed after a mandatory
\fB\-\-\fR
(or
\fB\-\-end\-of\-options\fR, see
\fBgitcli\fR(7))\&. See
\fBgithooks\fR(5)
for arguments hooks might expect (if any)\&.
.RE
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\-\-to\-stdin
.RS 4
For "run"; specify a file which will be streamed into the hook\(cqs stdin\&. The hook will receive the entire file from beginning to EOF\&.
.RE
.PP
\-\-ignore\-missing
.RS 4
Ignore any missing hook by quietly returning zero\&. Used for tools that want to do a blind one\-shot run of a hook that may or may not be present\&.
.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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\fBgithooks\fR(5)
.SH "GIT"
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Part of the \fBgit\fR(1) suite
