Hook system in Git

hook-system-git.md

commit-msg - The Hook

Hooks are plugins which can be launch by git, on a special event. The commit-msg hook, if defined, is launched when user want commit

It's a git-enforced policy, used in entreprise to force dev to correctly format their commit messages

A custom one

Here is a custom commit-msg hook which looks for a format like these both:

• [ADD] - It's a message where i add something
• [JIRA] #456 - I correct this jira

@see this snippet

How-To

• cd the-path-of-your-project
• cd .git/hooks
• touch commit-msg
• nano commit-msg
• Do your stuff or copy/past this snippet.
• exit edit mode
• chmod +x commit-msg
• Have fun =]