ghooks.cr

^{simple git hooks}

This is inspired by ghooks-org/ghooks. It is also a proof of concept for a possible new major version of the javascript library.

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Installation

1. Add this to your application's shard.yml:

development_dependencies:
  ghooks.cr:
    github: gtramontina/ghooks.cr
    version: <version>

NOTE: It is not advised to install ghooks.cr as a production dependency as it will install git hooks in your production environment as well. Please install it under the development_dependencies section of your shard.yml.

2. Run shards install;
3. Then place all your git hooks under the .githooks/ directory. Make sure they are executable, as per the documentation;

How does it work?

This shard is actually just a makefile that does the following:

1. Backs up the existing .git/hooks/ directory to .git/hooks.bkp/;
2. Creates a symbolic link between .git/hooks/ and .githooks/;

That's essentially it. A couple of benefits I see over the original javascript implementation are, at this point:

1. Does not abstract the execution of the hooks too much (makes it closer to how git actually works);
2. Different branches can have a set of different hooks; this is not much of a problem with the original implementation, though;
3. I've been using this approach with makefiles and a directory to host the git hooks for non-javascript projects for a while and I'm quite satisfied with the usage;

• NOTE: still have to figure out how this would work on Windows, given we're relying on symlinks.

License

This software is licensed under the MIT license