Git Hooks — The Missing Tutorial

Automate stuff? That’s what programming should be about

Using Git Hooks is just like having automated robots who do whatever you want, when a command is run in Git.

Now, since you should be running Git anyway (unless you are running some other version control software) so it is like you’ve got slaves working for you for free! How great is that!

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Difficulty: Beginner | Easy | Normal | Challenging

Prerequisites:

• The tutorial is designed for the Mac, and refers to commands using Mac OS
• Be able to use VIM to make changes to a file (Guide HERE)
• Have some familiarity with Git (Common commands are HERE)
• Have a reason to automate something along with your Git commands (although some suggestions are listed below)

Terminology

Git: Git is a distributed version-control system for tracking changes in source code during software development

Git Hooks: Programs you can use to tigger actions at points in Git’s execution

Script: A program which is carried out by another program