Checks to see if there are any uncommitted files and alerts the git user that they need to add or ignore before proceeding.

pre-commit

#!/bin/sh
#
# .git/hooks/pre-commit
#

if git status -u | grep '^# Untracked files:$'
then
        echo 'Files need to be either added ( git add .) or ignored (edit the .gitignore file) before a commit can be made.'
        exit 1
fi