Protect Master Branch

README.md

How to protect master

• Run:git config --global core.hooksPath ~/githooks
• Create hooks folder: mkdir ~/githooks
• Copy pre-push to the ~/githooks folder
• Set executable: chmod +x ~/githooks/pre-push

pre-push

#!/bin/bash

protected_branch='master'
current_branch=$(git symbolic-ref HEAD | sed -e 's,.*/\(.*\),\1,')

if [ $protected_branch = $current_branch ]
then
    read -p "You're about to push master, is that what you intended? [y|n] " -n 1 -r < /dev/tty
    echo
    if echo $REPLY | grep -E '^[Yy]$' > /dev/null
    then
        exit 0 # push will execute
    fi
    exit 1 # push will not execute
else
    exit 0 # push will execute
fi