Git hook for preventing pushes to protected branches

pre-push

#!/bin/sh

#Add to .git/hooks/pre-push

RED='\033[0;31m'
NC='\033[0m' # No Color

protected_branches=(master develop)

current_branch=$(git symbolic-ref HEAD | sed -e 's,.*/\(.*\),\1,')
for branch in "${protected_branches[@]}"
do
    if [ $branch = $current_branch ]
    then
        printf "${RED}[Policy] The push to the '${current_branch}' branch is forbidden!.${NC}\n"
        exit 1
    fi
done

exit 0