A git pre-commit hook to run phpunit tests, written in bash. Features pretty colours, and slightly individualized output.

pre-commit

#!/bin/bash

# Locate our phpunit.
phpunit=`which phpunit`

# Any extra arguments to phpunit should go here.
phpunit_args=""

# Define a location to save the output.
outputlog="/tmp/phpunit_output_`date +%s`.log"

# Get name of the project (probably topmost directory name).
projectname=${PWD##*/}

echo
echo -e "  + Starting unit tests for \033[1m\E[37;44m${projectname}\033[0m."

# execute unit tests. (Assume that phpunit.xml is in root of project).
output=`${phpunit} ${phpunit_args}`
returnCode=$?

# Save the output of phpunit for posterity. 
echo "$output" > $outputlog

# if unit tests fail, output a summary and exit with failure code.
if [ $returnCode -ne 0 ]; then

    # find the line with the summary.
    while read -r line; do
      if [[ $line =~ Failures: ]] ; then
        summary=$line
        break
      fi
    done <<< "$output"

    # output the status.
    echo -e "  + Test suite \033[1m\E[47;41mfailed\033[0m: "
    echo
    echo -e "$summary\033[0m"
    echo

    echo "  + The full output of phpunit has been saved in:"
    echo -e "      \033[1m${outputlog}\033[0m"
    echo

    # abort the commit.
    echo -e "  + \033[1m\E[47;41mABORTING COMMIT\033[0m"
    echo
    exit $returnCode
else
  echo -e "  + All tests \033[1m\E[47;42mpassed\033[0m. The full output of phpunit has been saved in:"
  echo -e "      \033[1m${outputlog}\033[0m"
  echo "  + Proceeding with commit. Have a nice day."
  echo
fi

exit 0