Git hooks to enforce pull request on master workflow

README.md

Sanity checking Git Hook for pre-commit

Checks that you are trying to push to master (or other key branches) from your local repository.

Installation

Download the above raw file (edit it as you please) and place inside your Git repository under: $GITDIR/hooks/pre-commit where $GITDIR is typically .git under your project working directory. Then make sure you make it executable: chmod +x .git/hooks/pre-commit

pre-commit

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

$restricted_branches = ['master', 'staging', 'qa', 'production']

# Prevents local committing to master branch.
# Will no effect pull requests on GitHub to the restricted branches,
# nor will it stop receives from remotes.
def verify_branch_name
  branch_name = %x[git name-rev --name-only HEAD].chomp
  if $restricted_branches.include?(branch_name)
    abort('ERROR: Cannot commit to the #{branch_name} branch')
  end
end

verify_branch_name