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Git hooks - yay or nay?

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+title: Git hooks - yay or nay?
+date: 2024-03-21
+permalink: archive/2024/03/21/git-hooks---yay-or-nay
+tags:
+    - software-development
+    - git
+cta: ~
+snippet: |
+    Are you in favour of Git hooks or not?
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+Many people are very for or against Git hooks - scripts that run automatically on events such as pre-commit and pre-push.
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+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.
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+I'm on the fence.
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+I've used them and added support for them to Build Configs, but I don't feel strongly about them.
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+They are awkward to set up (you need to edit the configuration for them to work) and can be easily disabled or bypassed.
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+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?
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+As I write many small commits and push changes regularly, I can find hooks irritating and prefer to use watchers instead with tools like `watchexec` and `entr`.
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+There are also tools like Captain Hook that are built to manage Git hooks. Maybe, I should investigate it more.
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+What do you think? Are you yay or nay for Git hooks?