Git pre-commit hook that will detect COMMITFAIL, @COMMITFAIL, NOCOMMIT, or @nocommit and fail the commit.

commitfail-pre-hook.sh

#!/bin/bash

echo "Arguments:"
echo $@
echo "---"
FILES_PATTERN='(\..+)?$'
FORBIDDEN='(@?NOCOMMIT|@?COMMITFAIL)'

if ( git diff --cached --name-only | grep -E $FILES_PATTERN | xargs grep -E --with-filename -n $FORBIDDEN ); then
  echo "ERROR: @COMMITFAIL or @NOCOMMIT found. Exiting to save you from yourself."
  exit 1
fi

hooks.yaml

-   id: commitfail
    name: COMMITFAIL
    description: Detect COMMITFAIL, @COMMITFAIL, NOCOMMIT, or @NOCOMMIT and fail the commit.
    entry: commitfail-pre-hook.sh
    language: script
    files: ''