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git hook to run a command after `git pull` if a specified file was changed.In this example it's used to run `npm install` if package.json changed and `bower install` if `bower.json` changed.Run `chmod +x post-merge` to make it executable then put it into `.git/hooks/`.
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# MIT © Sindre Sorhus - sindresorhus.com
# git hook to run a command after `git pull` if a specified file was changed
# Run `chmod +x post-merge` to make it executable then put it into `.git/hooks/`.
changed_files="$(git diff-tree -r --name-only --no-commit-id ORIG_HEAD HEAD)"
check_run() {
echo "$changed_files" | grep --quiet "$1" && eval "$2"
}
# Example usage
# In this example it's used to run `npm install` if package.json changed
check_run package.json "npm install"
@wzpan
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wzpan commented Apr 18, 2016

@robertcasanova

This hook doesn't work if you run pull with --rebase option. Do you know how to fix it? Thx!

+1 , same problem. Have you found out the solution?

@aaronroberson

take a look at .git/hooks/pre-rebase.sample and see if you can deduct how to do a post-rebase hook.

I've tried to write a post-rebase hook but it didn't work ...

@tkalfigo
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First line missing a !; should be #!/usr/bin/env bash

@belveryin
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post-rewrite works for me. As side effect it is also executed on amend.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21307744/git-post-rebase-hook

@jplagostena
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Awesome! Thanks! It works like a charm.

@marcvangend
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For package managers that use a lock file, eg. Composer, it would make sense to check if the lock file changed rather than the requirements file, right? In other words:

# Installing composer dependencies
check_run composer.lock "composer install"

@betorobson
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Thank you so much, it works like a charm although, I did a few changes on my fork.
https://gist.github.com/betorobson/23e5914b51e844bac5eaa6032d6f3f88

@johntholland
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johntholland commented May 9, 2017

On my machine it is running npm install whether package.json is changed or not.

The way I am reproducing is by creating a new branch at the current commit and then checking it out. Therefore the files should be identical between the two branches.

Anyone have any ideas?

cross-posted with stackoverflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/43876375/optional-githook-behaving-as-non-optional

@rlafuente
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rlafuente commented May 23, 2017

For cases where you are pushing to a bare repo and want to use this on a post-receive hook, instead of the line

changed_files="$(git diff-tree -r --name-only --no-commit-id ORIG_HEAD HEAD)"

one should use

changed_files="$(git diff --name-only HEAD^ HEAD)"

Thank you for an extremely useful snippet!

@anoobbava
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This only deals with changed files right. Suppose I want to check any new files are generated when taking pull, how this solution works?

@oriy
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oriy commented Aug 10, 2018

thanks for the wonderful solution
extended the script - added the option for conditionally execute the command according to git configuration
https://gist.github.com/oriy/e8b58a6a471d371129b1d0b430510375

@samuelj90
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samuelj90 commented Nov 22, 2018

@sindresorhus Thanks for the wonderful solution.
I would like to clarify that Is it possible to check and run npm install only if the change is in npm dependency ?
I think that will save some more time.

@drAlberT
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drAlberT commented Feb 11, 2019

@robertcasanova

This hook doesn't work if you run pull with --rebase option. Do you know how to fix it? Thx!

+1 , same problem. Have you found out the solution?

@aaronroberson

take a look at .git/hooks/pre-rebase.sample and see if you can deduct how to do a post-rebase hook.

I've tried to write a post-rebase hook but it didn't work ...

post-rebase is not a valid git-hook

You have to implement a post-rewrite hook and check the first argument to be "rebase" (could be "amend" too as @belveryin already tasted).
See https://git-scm.com/docs/githooks#_post_rewrite

@matthew-dean
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How do you run npm install if one of two matching criteria is found? e.g. I want to run npm install if one of two files is modified, but don't want to run npm install twice.

@ykrytsyn
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ykrytsyn commented May 1, 2019

You should be able to run it as
check_run "file1\|file2" "npm install"

Probably, I also need to add '-e' parameter to the 'grep' function

@paulolorenzobasilio
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Thanks!

@devinrhode2
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@vickey-dev
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vickey-dev commented Mar 22, 2020

is there any way to show message like this, before & after hooks execution for npm i?
checking for dependency update...

if there is any update going to happen
installing dependency..

if there is no changes to dependency
no new dependency!

@ajaykumar97
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This script works like a charm. Thanks for sharing.
Can someone please let me know what is happening inside the script? What does this script arguments mean?

@henaharon
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@ajaykumar97 can you help me implement it ? it looks like it is not running ;/

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