eclipse formatter pre-commit hook

gistfile1.sh

#!/bin/sh
#
# This hook will run the eclipse code formatter before any commit
# to make the source look as it's supposed to look like in the repo.

ECLIPSE_HOME=$HOME/eclipse
STYLE_FILE=$HOME/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
echo "Running pre-commit hook: run-eclipse-formatter---------------------"
echo "Will run eclipse formatter, using: $STYLE_FILE"
echo "Listing folders to run formatter on… "
code_dirs=`find . -maxdepth 3 | grep 'src/'`
for dir in $code_dirs; do
   echo $dir;
done;
      
echo "Launching eclipse code formatter…    "
exec $ECLIPSE_HOME/eclipse \
                    -nosplash \
                    -application org.eclipse.jdt.core.JavaCodeFormatter \
                    -verbose \
                    -config $STYLE_FILE \
                    $code_dirs

echo "done---------------------------------------------------------------"

where to find git hooks folder in ubuntu, i am unable to see .git folder .

Then you can create a hooks directory in your .git folder and just name the file "pre-commit"

i have to execute .xml (code for-matter) file as part of pre-commit hook, i am using above code after changing eclipse path and file location, but this is not working with me.

showing file has been changed but i can't see the changes even after reload(refresh) the file.

and second i want to run this pre-commit hook only on modified file instead of scan complete repository. please suggest.

thanks

I can only give you a suggestion about the last point you made "i want to run this pre-commit hook only on modified file instead of scan complete repository. please suggest"

You can change:

echo "Listing folders to run formatter on… "
code_dirs=`find . -maxdepth 3 | grep 'src/'`
for dir in $code_dirs; do
   echo $dir;
done;

echo "Launching eclipse code formatter…    "
exec $ECLIPSE_HOME/eclipse \
                    -nosplash \
                    -application org.eclipse.jdt.core.JavaCodeFormatter \
                    -verbose \
                    -config $STYLE_FILE \
                    $code_dirs

with this:

echo "Listing files to run formatter on:"
files=`git status --porcelain | cut -c 4-`
for f in $files; do            
    echo $f;
done;

echo "Launching eclipse code formatter…    "
exec $ECLIPSE_HOME/eclipse \
                    -nosplash \
                    -application org.eclipse.jdt.core.JavaCodeFormatter \
                    -verbose \
                    -config $STYLE_FILE \
                    $files

Note: This will also run the code formatter on newly added files.