--- a/doc/hgrc.5.txt	Wed Jun 09 16:25:28 2010 -0500
+++ b/doc/hgrc.5.txt	Thu Jun 10 09:32:19 2010 -0700
@@ -570,11 +570,19 @@
 ``post-<command>``
   Run after successful invocations of the associated command. The
   contents of the command line are passed as ``$HG_ARGS`` and the result
-  code in ``$HG_RESULT``. Hook failure is ignored.
+  code in ``$HG_RESULT``. Parsed command line arguments are passed as 
+  ``$HG_PATS`` and ``$HG_OPTS``. These contain string representations of
+  the python data internally passed to <command>. ``$HG_OPTS`` is a 
+  dictionary of options (with unspecified options set to their defaults).
+  ``$HG_PATS`` is a list of arguments. Hook failure is ignored.
 ``pre-<command>``
   Run before executing the associated command. The contents of the
-  command line are passed as ``$HG_ARGS``. If the hook returns failure,
-  the command doesn't execute and Mercurial returns the failure
+  command line are passed as ``$HG_ARGS``. Parsed command line arguments
+  are passed as ``$HG_PATS`` and ``$HG_OPTS``. These contain string
+  representations of the data internally passed to <command>. ``$HG_OPTS``
+  is a  dictionary of options (with unspecified options set to their
+  defaults). ``$HG_PATS`` is a list of arguments. If the hook returns 
+  failure, the command doesn't execute and Mercurial returns the failure
   code.
 ``prechangegroup``
   Run before a changegroup is added via push, pull or unbundle. Exit

--- a/mercurial/dispatch.py	Wed Jun 09 16:25:28 2010 -0500
+++ b/mercurial/dispatch.py	Thu Jun 10 09:32:19 2010 -0700
@@ -342,15 +342,16 @@
             pos += 1
     return values
 
-def runcommand(lui, repo, cmd, fullargs, ui, options, d):
+def runcommand(lui, repo, cmd, fullargs, ui, options, d, cmdpats, cmdoptions):
     # run pre-hook, and abort if it fails
-    ret = hook.hook(lui, repo, "pre-%s" % cmd, False, args=" ".join(fullargs))
+    ret = hook.hook(lui, repo, "pre-%s" % cmd, False, args=" ".join(fullargs),
+                    pats=cmdpats, opts=cmdoptions)
     if ret:
         return ret
     ret = _runcommand(ui, options, cmd, d)
     # run post-hook, passing command result
     hook.hook(lui, repo, "post-%s" % cmd, False, args=" ".join(fullargs),
-              result = ret)
+              result=ret, pats=cmdpats, opts=cmdoptions)
     return ret
 
 _loaded = set()
@@ -454,6 +455,7 @@
         return commands.help_(ui, 'shortlist')
 
     repo = None
+    cmdpats = args[:]
     if cmd not in commands.norepo.split():
         try:
             repo = hg.repository(ui, path=path)
@@ -477,7 +479,8 @@
         ui.warn("warning: --repository ignored\n")
 
     d = lambda: util.checksignature(func)(ui, *args, **cmdoptions)
-    return runcommand(lui, repo, cmd, fullargs, ui, options, d)
+    return runcommand(lui, repo, cmd, fullargs, ui, options, d,
+                      cmdpats, cmdoptions)
 
 def _runcommand(ui, options, cmd, cmdfunc):
     def checkargs():

--- a/tests/test-hook.out	Wed Jun 09 16:25:28 2010 -0500
+++ b/tests/test-hook.out	Thu Jun 10 09:32:19 2010 -0700
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@
 3:4c52fb2e4022
 commit hook: HG_NODE=4c52fb2e402287dd5dc052090682536c8406c321 HG_PARENT1=1324a5531bac09b329c3845d35ae6a7526874edb HG_PARENT2=b702efe9688826e3a91283852b328b84dbf37bc2 
 commit.b hook: HG_NODE=4c52fb2e402287dd5dc052090682536c8406c321 HG_PARENT1=1324a5531bac09b329c3845d35ae6a7526874edb HG_PARENT2=b702efe9688826e3a91283852b328b84dbf37bc2 
-pre-identify hook: HG_ARGS=id 
+pre-identify hook: HG_ARGS=id HG_OPTS={'tags': None, 'rev': '', 'num': None, 'branch': None, 'id': None} HG_PATS=[] 
 warning: pre-identify hook exited with status 1
-pre-cat hook: HG_ARGS=cat b 
-post-cat hook: HG_ARGS=cat b HG_RESULT=0 
+pre-cat hook: HG_ARGS=cat b HG_OPTS={'rev': '', 'decode': None, 'exclude': [], 'output': '', 'include': []} HG_PATS=['b'] 
+post-cat hook: HG_ARGS=cat b HG_OPTS={'rev': '', 'decode': None, 'exclude': [], 'output': '', 'include': []} HG_PATS=['b'] HG_RESULT=0 
 b
 prechangegroup hook: HG_SOURCE=pull HG_URL=file: 
 changegroup hook: HG_NODE=b702efe9688826e3a91283852b328b84dbf37bc2 HG_SOURCE=pull HG_URL=file: