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            "value": "\n          <p>Many people are very for or against Git hooks - scripts that run automatically on events such as pre-commit and pre-push.<\/p>\n\n<p>Commonly, they are used for running tasks such as altering a commit message or running before committing automated tests and static analysis before pushing a commit.<\/p>\n\n<p>I'm on the fence.<\/p>\n\n<p>I've used them and added support for them to Build Configs, but I don't feel strongly about them.<\/p>\n\n<p>They are awkward to set up (you need to edit the configuration for them to work) and can be easily disabled or bypassed.<\/p>\n\n<p>Some people think it's the Developer's responsibility to run the tasks before pushing changes or that they'll be run in a CI pipeline, so why would they need to be run locally?<\/p>\n\n<p>As I write many small commits and push changes regularly, I can find hooks irritating and prefer to use watchers instead with tools like <code>watchexec<\/code> and <code>entr<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n<p>There are also tools like Captain Hook that are built to manage Git hooks. Maybe, I should investigate it more.<\/p>\n\n<p>What do you think? Are you yay or nay for Git hooks?<\/p>\n\n        ",
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