Chapter 11. Git Administration

The previous chapter, Customizing and Extending Git, explained among others how to use Git hooks for automation moved earlier in the chapter. The client-side hooks were described in detail, while the server-side hooks were only sketched. Here, in this chapter, we will present the server-side hooks comprehensively, and mention the client-side hooks' usage as helpers.

The earlier chapters helped master your work with Git as a developer, as a person collaborating with others, and as a maintainer. When the book was talking about setting up repositories and branch structure, it was from the point of view of a Git user.

This chapter is intended to help readers who are in a situation of having to take up the administrative ...

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