Awesome Git Hooks

A curated list of awesome Git hooks

Git Hooks are scripts that run automatically every time a particular event occurs in a Git repository.

Contents

• Useful Git Hooks scripts
• Tools
• Projects
• Articles
• Video Tutorials
• Support

Useful Git Hooks scripts

• pre-commit - This hook is called before obtaining the proposed commit message.
• prepare-commit-msg - Called after receiving the default commit message, just prior to firing up the commit message editor.
• pre-receive - This is called on the remote repo just before updating the pushed refs.
• commit-msg - Can be used to adjust the message after it has been edited in order to ensure conformity to a standard or to reject based on any criteria.
• pre-push - Called prior to a push to a remote. In addition to the parameters, additional information, separated by a space is passed in through stdin in the form of <local ref> <local sha1> <remote ref> <remote sha1>.
• pre-auto-gc - Is used to do some checks before automatically cleaning repos.
• pre-rebase - Called when rebasing a branch. Mainly used to halt the rebase if it is not desirable.
• applypatch-msg - Can edit the commit message file and is often used to verify or actively format a patch's message to a project's standards.
• post-receive - This is run on the remote when pushing after the all refs have been updated. It does not take parameters, but receives info through stdin in the form of <old-value> <new-value> <ref-name>.
• post-rewrite - This is called when git commands are rewriting already committed data.
• post-commit - Called after a successful commit. Useful for triggering notifications, etc.

Tools

• Husky - Git hooks made easy.
• Komondor - Git Hooks for Swift projects.
• Quickhook - Faster Git hook (pre-commit, etc.) runner.
• overcommit - A fully configurable and extendable Git hook manager.
• Grunt GitHooks - Setup, manage and update your hooks with Grunt. Can be used with all languages, supports templates.
• Autohook - A very, very small Git hook manager with focus on automation.
• Githooks - Auto-install Git hook, that supports hooks in any language checked into Git and also shared repos.
• Hooks - A command line git hook management tool.
• Lefthook - Fast and powerful Git hooks manager for any type of projects.
• pre-commit - A framework for managing and maintaining multi-language pre-commit hooks.

Projects

• Lolcommits - Takes a snapshot with your webcam every time you git commit code, and archives a lolcat style image with it.
• Podmena - Enhance your commit messages adding random emoji to it.
• Git::Hooks - A framework for implementing Git (and Gerrit) hooks.
• App::GitHooks - A modular and easy to configure git hooks framework, supporting many plugins.
• Jig - A pre-commit hook on steroids.
• GitPHPHooks - Write your hooks in PHP, manage and organize them on a task and project level. Has an additional Hooks library on GitHub.
• git-hooks-php - Git hooks for PHP based projects.
• commandbox-githooks - Git hooks for CommandBox CFML based projects.
• hooks4git - A simple, flexible and language agnostic git hook management approach.
• Commit Colors - See a color swatch in your terminal every time you author a commit.

Articles

• Official Documentation
• Git Hooks (Part I): The Basics
• Git Hooks (Part II): Implementing Git Hooks using Python
• Atlassian Git Hooks tutorial
• Tips for using Git pre commit hook
• Use a boostrap shell script to use Git Hooks in Mac with PowerShell and with IntelliJ
• githooks.com
• How To Use Git Hooks To Automate Development and Deployment Tasks
• Automate your workflow with git hooks
• Automate your development workflow
• Deploying websites with a Git hook
• The missing Git hooks documentation

Video Tutorials

• Introduction to Git Hooks
• Git hooks, practical uses (yes, even on Windows)
• Life’s better with Git hooks
• Husky and the Git Hooks

Support

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License

To the extent possible under law, Islam Temirbek has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this work.