diff --git a/.hgtags b/.hgtags
--- a/.hgtags
+++ b/.hgtags
@@ -36,3 +36,4 @@ be788a89a939ebd63606220064bd624fa9d5c9c9
 15c90a04098a373ac761fab07695fd80dde3bcdb v4.11.5
 77aff155b3251cc00394a49f5e8f2c99e33149a7 v4.11.6
 c218a1ce5d370c2e671d42a91684b3fc2c91b81d v4.12.0
+80085fb846cc948195a5c76b579ca34cbc49b59b v4.12.1
diff --git a/vcsserver/hook_utils/hook_templates/git_post_receive.py.tmpl b/vcsserver/hook_utils/hook_templates/git_post_receive.py.tmpl
--- a/vcsserver/hook_utils/hook_templates/git_post_receive.py.tmpl
+++ b/vcsserver/hook_utils/hook_templates/git_post_receive.py.tmpl
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def main():
         # this allows simply push to this repo even without rhodecode
         sys.exit(0)
 
-    if os.environ.get('RC_SKIP_HOOKS'):
+    if os.environ.get('RC_SKIP_HOOKS') or os.environ.get('RC_SKIP_GIT_HOOKS'):
         sys.exit(0)
 
     repo_path = os.getcwd()
diff --git a/vcsserver/hook_utils/hook_templates/git_pre_receive.py.tmpl b/vcsserver/hook_utils/hook_templates/git_pre_receive.py.tmpl
--- a/vcsserver/hook_utils/hook_templates/git_pre_receive.py.tmpl
+++ b/vcsserver/hook_utils/hook_templates/git_pre_receive.py.tmpl
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def main():
         # this allows simply push to this repo even without rhodecode
         sys.exit(0)
 
-    if os.environ.get('RC_SKIP_HOOKS'):
+    if os.environ.get('RC_SKIP_HOOKS') or os.environ.get('RC_SKIP_GIT_HOOKS'):
         sys.exit(0)
 
     repo_path = os.getcwd()
diff --git a/vcsserver/hook_utils/hook_templates/svn_post_commit_hook.py.tmpl b/vcsserver/hook_utils/hook_templates/svn_post_commit_hook.py.tmpl
--- a/vcsserver/hook_utils/hook_templates/svn_post_commit_hook.py.tmpl
+++ b/vcsserver/hook_utils/hook_templates/svn_post_commit_hook.py.tmpl
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def main():
         # this allows simply push to this repo even without rhodecode
         sys.exit(0)
 
-    if os.environ.get('RC_SKIP_HOOKS'):
+    if os.environ.get('RC_SKIP_HOOKS') or os.environ.get('RC_SKIP_SVN_HOOKS'):
         sys.exit(0)
     repo_path = os.getcwd()
     push_data = sys.argv[1:]
diff --git a/vcsserver/hook_utils/hook_templates/svn_pre_commit_hook.py.tmpl b/vcsserver/hook_utils/hook_templates/svn_pre_commit_hook.py.tmpl
--- a/vcsserver/hook_utils/hook_templates/svn_pre_commit_hook.py.tmpl
+++ b/vcsserver/hook_utils/hook_templates/svn_pre_commit_hook.py.tmpl
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def main():
         # exit with success if we cannot import vcsserver.hooks !!
         # this allows simply push to this repo even without rhodecode
         sys.exit(0)
-    if os.environ.get('RC_SKIP_HOOKS'):
+    if os.environ.get('RC_SKIP_HOOKS') or os.environ.get('RC_SKIP_SVN_HOOKS'):
         sys.exit(0)
     repo_path = os.getcwd()
     push_data = sys.argv[1:]
diff --git a/vcsserver/hooks.py b/vcsserver/hooks.py
--- a/vcsserver/hooks.py
+++ b/vcsserver/hooks.py
@@ -485,17 +485,33 @@ def git_post_receive(unused_repo_path, r
     return _call_hook('post_push', extras, GitMessageWriter())
 
 
+def _get_extras_from_txn_id(path, txn_id):
+    extras = {}
+    try:
+        cmd = ['svnlook', 'pget',
+               '-t', txn_id,
+               '--revprop', path, 'rc-scm-extras']
+        stdout, stderr = subprocessio.run_command(
+            cmd, env=os.environ.copy())
+        extras = json.loads(base64.urlsafe_b64decode(stdout))
+    except Exception:
+        log.exception('Failed to extract extras info from txn_id')
+
+    return extras
+
+
 def svn_pre_commit(repo_path, commit_data, env):
     path, txn_id = commit_data
     branches = []
     tags = []
 
-    cmd = ['svnlook', 'pget',
-           '-t', txn_id,
-           '--revprop', path, 'rc-scm-extras']
-    stdout, stderr = subprocessio.run_command(
-        cmd, env=os.environ.copy())
-    extras = json.loads(base64.urlsafe_b64decode(stdout))
+    if env.get('RC_SCM_DATA'):
+        extras = json.loads(env['RC_SCM_DATA'])
+    else:
+        # fallback method to read from TXN-ID stored data
+        extras = _get_extras_from_txn_id(path, txn_id)
+        if not extras:
+            return 0
 
     extras['commit_ids'] = []
     extras['txn_id'] = txn_id
@@ -504,10 +520,25 @@ def svn_pre_commit(repo_path, commit_dat
         'bookmarks': [],
         'tags': tags,
     }
-    sys.stderr.write(str(extras))
+
     return _call_hook('pre_push', extras, SvnMessageWriter())
 
 
+def _get_extras_from_commit_id(commit_id, path):
+    extras = {}
+    try:
+        cmd = ['svnlook', 'pget',
+               '-r', commit_id,
+               '--revprop', path, 'rc-scm-extras']
+        stdout, stderr = subprocessio.run_command(
+            cmd, env=os.environ.copy())
+        extras = json.loads(base64.urlsafe_b64decode(stdout))
+    except Exception:
+        log.exception('Failed to extract extras info from commit_id')
+
+    return extras
+
+
 def svn_post_commit(repo_path, commit_data, env):
     """
     commit_data is path, rev, txn_id
@@ -516,13 +547,13 @@ def svn_post_commit(repo_path, commit_da
     branches = []
     tags = []
 
-    cmd = ['svnlook', 'pget',
-           '-r', commit_id,
-           '--revprop', path, 'rc-scm-extras']
-    stdout, stderr = subprocessio.run_command(
-        cmd, env=os.environ.copy())
-
-    extras = json.loads(base64.urlsafe_b64decode(stdout))
+    if env.get('RC_SCM_DATA'):
+        extras = json.loads(env['RC_SCM_DATA'])
+    else:
+        # fallback method to read from TXN-ID stored data
+        extras = _get_extras_from_commit_id(commit_id, path)
+        if not extras:
+            return 0
 
     extras['commit_ids'] = [commit_id]
     extras['txn_id'] = txn_id
@@ -535,9 +566,7 @@ def svn_post_commit(repo_path, commit_da
     if 'repo_size' in extras['hooks']:
         try:
             _call_hook('repo_size', extras, SvnMessageWriter())
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             pass
 
     return _call_hook('post_push', extras, SvnMessageWriter())
-
-