pre-push

#!/bin/bash

# Remember to make this file executable and place it in .git/hooks with the name pre-push

protected_branch='master'  
current_branch=$(git symbolic-ref HEAD | sed -e 's,.*/\(.*\),\1,')

if [ $protected_branch = $current_branch ]   
then  
    echo "You were going to push to master and I can't allow that. Disable this hook if you really want to continue."
    exit 1 # push will not execute
else  
    exit 0 # push will execute
fi