git hooks - prevent commit to local master branch and prevent push to remote master branch

pre-commit

#!/bin/sh
# prevent commit to local master branch

branch=`git symbolic-ref HEAD`
if [ "$branch" = "refs/heads/master" ]; then
    echo "pre-commit hook: Can not commit to the local master branch."
    exit 1
fi

exit 0

pre-push

#!/bin/sh
# Prevent push to remote master branch

while read local_ref local_sha remote_ref remote_sha
do
	if [ "$remote_ref" = "refs/heads/master" ]; then
		echo "pre-push hook: Can not push to remote master branch."
		exit 1
	fi
done

exit 0

more info: http://aaron-hoffman.blogspot.com/2017/04/git-protect-local-master-branch-commit-push.html

Installation:
Place these files in your ~/.git/hooks directory.

what if you want to prevent git reset as well? so no forward, no backward too

Thx for sharing. Luckily this gist spread across, since the link to the blogspot page doesn't show any related content.

@karfau - this is likely an issue with ad blockers and blogspot unfortunately