Re: [PATCH v2] Run global hooks from the directory at hooks.dir

I'm not in favor of this change, as a number of alternatives were
suggested in the thread you cite (Gmane:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/150141).

The alternatives suggested need to be applied individually to each
repository. This can be problematic because you may want repository-specific
scripts as well. Then when you update your global hooks you have to deal
with merging with your repository-specific scripts. Using templates is not
ideal because it is system-wide and they still need to be renamed for every
clone or init.

A few hints, just in case you deploy this code:

Thanks, I have fixed those issues.

Brian Collins wrote:

                                                    Using templates is not
ideal because it is system-wide and they still need to be renamed for every
clone or init.

Why do they have to be renamed?  And can we do better?