Add flag to specify where to look for hooks.

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/man/mkinitcpio.8.txt b/man/mkinitcpio.8.txt
index 79dbee3..16b914e 100644
--- a/man/mkinitcpio.8.txt
+++ b/man/mkinitcpio.8.txt
@@ -36,11 +36,14 @@ Options
 	Set 'directory' as the location where the initramfs is built. This might be
 	useful to generate a shutdown ramfs in '/run/initramfs'.
 
+*-D, \--hookdir* 'directory'::
+	Set 'directory' as the location where hooks will be searched for when 
+	generating the image.
+
 *-g, \--generate* 'filename'::
 	Generate a CPIO image as 'filename'. Default: no; this means nothing will be
 	written to the filesystem unless this option is specified.
 
-
 *-H, \--hookhelp* 'hookname'::
 	Output help for hookname 'hookname'.
 
diff --git a/mkinitcpio b/mkinitcpio
index db7a61a..42e78bf 100755
--- a/mkinitcpio
+++ b/mkinitcpio
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ usage: ${0##*/} [options]
    -s, --save                   Save build directory. (default: no)
    -d, --generatedir <dir>      Write generated image into <dir>
    -t, --builddir <dir>         Use DIR as the temporary build directory
+   -D, --hookdir <dir>          Specify where to look for hooks.
    -V, --version                Display version information and exit
    -v, --verbose                Verbose output (default: no)
    -z, --compress <program>     Use an alternate compressor on the image
@@ -408,6 +409,11 @@ while :; do
             shift
             _optmoduleroot=$1
             ;;
+        -D|--hookdir)
+            shift
+            _d_hooks="$(readlink -f "$1")/hooks"
+            _d_install="$(readlink -f "$1")/install"
+            ;;
         --)
             shift
             break 2