Example of a .git/hooks/pre-commit for PHP developers

pre-commit

#!/bin/bash

for FILE in $(git diff --cached --name-only); do
if [[ "$FILE" =~ \.php$ ]]; then
    php -l "$FILE" 1> /dev/null
    if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
        echo -e "\e[1;33mAborting commit: PHP code contains syntax errors\e[0m" >&2
        exit 1
    fi
fi
done

for FILE in $(git diff --cached --name-only); do
if [[ "$FILE" =~ \.php$ ]]; then
    phpcs -n "$FILE"
    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
        echo -e "\e[1;33mAborting commit: PHP code violates coding standards\e[0m" >&2
        exit 1
    fi
fi
done