Precommit hook for git to check js syntax

pre-commit.jssyntax.sh

#!/bin/sh
# Precommit hook to check js syntax

gitstatus=$(git st --short | awk '/^M.+js$/ {print $2}');

echo $gitstatus | while read i; do
	if [ ! -z "$i" ]; then
		echo "parse: $i";
		output=$(js -e "parse(read('$i'))" 2>&1);
		if [ ! -z "$output" ]; then
			echo $output;
			exit 1;
		fi;
	fi;
done;
exit 0;