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index ee9b92c90d..0397dec64d 100644
--- a/Documentation/githooks.txt
+++ b/Documentation/githooks.txt
@@ -415,13 +415,13 @@ post-receive
This hook is invoked by linkgit:git-receive-pack[1] when it reacts to
`git push` and updates reference(s) in its repository.
-It executes on the remote repository once after all the refs have
-been updated.
+The hook executes on the remote repository once after all the proposed
+ref updates are processed and if at least one ref is updated as the
+result.
-This hook executes once for the receive operation. It takes no
-arguments, but gets the same information as the
-<<pre-receive,'pre-receive'>>
-hook does on its standard input.
+The hook takes no arguments. It receives one line on standard input for
+each ref that is successfully updated following the same format as the
+<<pre-receive,'pre-receive'>> hook.
This hook does not affect the outcome of `git receive-pack`, as it
is called after the real work is done.
@@ -448,6 +448,9 @@ environment variables will not be set. If the client selects
to use push options, but doesn't transmit any, the count variable
will be set to zero, `GIT_PUSH_OPTION_COUNT=0`.
+See the "post-receive" section in linkgit:git-receive-pack[1] for
+additional details.
+
[[post-update]]
post-update
~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -486,7 +489,7 @@ reference-transaction
This hook is invoked by any Git command that performs reference
updates. It executes whenever a reference transaction is prepared,
committed or aborted and may thus get called multiple times. The hook
-does not cover symbolic references (but that may change in the future).
+also supports symbolic reference updates.
The hook takes exactly one argument, which is the current state the
given reference transaction is in:
@@ -503,16 +506,20 @@ given reference transaction is in:
For each reference update that was added to the transaction, the hook
receives on standard input a line of the format:
- <old-oid> SP <new-oid> SP <ref-name> LF
+ <old-value> SP <new-value> SP <ref-name> LF
-where `<old-oid>` is the old object name passed into the reference
-transaction, `<new-oid>` is the new object name to be stored in the
+where `<old-value>` is the old object name passed into the reference
+transaction, `<new-value>` is the new object name to be stored in the
ref and `<ref-name>` is the full name of the ref. When force updating
the reference regardless of its current value or when the reference is
-to be created anew, `<old-oid>` is the all-zeroes object name. To
+to be created anew, `<old-value>` is the all-zeroes object name. To
distinguish these cases, you can inspect the current value of
`<ref-name>` via `git rev-parse`.
+For symbolic reference updates the `<old_value>` and `<new-value>`
+fields could denote references instead of objects. A reference will be
+denoted with a 'ref:' prefix, like `ref:<ref-target>`.
+
The exit status of the hook is ignored for any state except for the
"prepared" state. In the "prepared" state, a non-zero exit status will
cause the transaction to be aborted. The hook will not be called with