Git hooks

• Git hooks are scripts that execute before or after a particular git event
• Some useful hooks,
  • Pre-commit hooks
  • Pre-push hooks
  • Pre-receive hooks - executed on the remote when someone tries to push to it
  • Post-Receive hooks - triggered post accepting a push
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Example: Pre-commit hook for a Gradle project

#!/bin/bash
# This script runs tests before pushing changes to the remote repository.
 
./gradlew test
 
# Check the exit status of the tests
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
    echo "Tests failed. Aborting push."
    exit 1
fi