Git pre-commit and pre-push hooks to avoid committing to master or release branches

README.md

Git pre-commit and pre-push hook

It will check if current branch is master or a release branch and, if so, prevents a commit or push

To install

1. Enable git templates

   git config --global init.templatedir '~/.git-templates'
   

2. Create a directory to hold the global hooks:

   mkdir -p ~/.git-templates/hooks
   

3. Copy the pre-commit and pre-push hooks below to ~/.git-templates/hooks

4. Make them executable

   chmod a+x ~/.git-templates/hooks/pre-commit
   chmod a+x ~/.git-templates/hooks/pre-push
   

5. Re-initialize git in your cloned projects to enable these scripts there:

   cd <your-git-clone-folder>
   git init
   

After this you should see an error if you try to commit to the master or a releaseXXX branch:

$ git commit -m "test commit to master branch"
You can't commit directly to master branch

pre-commit

#!/usr/bin/env bash

branch="$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)"

if [[ "$branch" = "master" ]]; then
  echo "You can't commit directly to master branch"
  exit 1
fi

if [[ "$branch" =~ ^release* ]]; then
  echo "You can't commit directly to a release branch"
  exit 1
fi

pre-push

#!/usr/bin/env bash

branch="$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)"

if [[ "$branch" = "master" ]]; then
  echo "You can't push directly to master branch"
  exit 1
fi

if [[ "$branch" =~ ^release* ]]; then
  echo "You can't push directly to a release branch"
  exit 1
fi