pre-commit

#!/bin/bash
# pre-commit hook to prevent html5 video or audio files from being checked
# into the repo. because large binary files in a git repo sucks. bad.

media_files=$(git diff --cached --name-only --diff-filter=ACR | \
  egrep -i '\.(webm|mp4|ogg|mp3|ogv|m4v|avi|vp8|mov|oga|mp1|mp2|mpeg|3gp|wav)$')

if [[ "$media_files" ]]; then
  echo 'Commit failed. Are you trying to check in media files into the repo?'
  echo 'ARE YOU A TERRIBLE PERSON?'
  exit 1;
fi