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Using pre-push Git Hooks

What are Git hooks?​

Git hooks are scripts that run automatically every time certain events occur in a Git repository. These events can include actions such as committing, pushing, and merging changes. For these actions, you could use the pre-commit, pre-push, or pre-merge hook to run a script before completing that action.

You can view a full list of possible hooks in the Git documentation.

What git hook does Codiga support?​

We offer support for the pre-push hook.

We only support the pre-push hook because we believe in committing code often. If we were to use the pre-commit hook that would go against that. So developers can commit freely, but once you're ready to push your code, Codiga will be there to catch any violations. This way you're assured that the code you pushed is violation free.

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In order for our pre-push hook to work, your project MUST have a codiga.yml file. Make sure you have added a codiga.yml to your root folder with the list of rulesets you'd like your project to check. You can view all our publically available rulesets on the Codiga Hub.

Why use hooks with Codiga?​

Integrating our pre-push hook is super simple and effective.

We check your code that has been modified before pushing it and show you any violations that have been detected.

This way, if your changes have violations or warnings, we'll exit your git push to allow you to make the necessary changes, so you don't end up pushing bad code for review.

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If you're in a rush and accept the risks, you can always bypass our pre-push hook by adding a --no-verify flag to your git push command. Bare in mind, if you have configured your project on Codiga, you'll still be able to review any bypassed violations or warning in your project page.

Setup​

Install Node.js​

To use our pre-push hook, you'll need to ensure you have Node.js downloaded on your machine.

If you don't have it installed, go to download Node.js now.

You can see if Node.js is installed with the following command:

node -v

Create a git pre-push script​

There are two ways you can set up this script: .git or .husky. The main difference between the two is sharability.

Using husky allows a developer to setup a pre-push hook, commit and push it. Now anyone pushing to that repository will have this Git hook running.

Using the .git method will make it local to your machine only. If you wanted other users working on your project to use the git pre-push hook, they would need to set it up locally as well.

Using .git​

Create a .git/hooks/pre-push file and paste the following:

#!/bin/sh

while read local_ref local_sha remote_ref remote_sha
do
  npx @codiga/cli git-push-hook --remote-sha $remote_sha --local-sha $local_sha
done

exit 0
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Depending on your existing setup, you may need to run chmod a+x .git/hooks/pre-push to make the script above executable.

Using .husky​

If you're already using a tool like Husky to handle git hooks the following would go into a .husky/pre-push file.

If you weren't using Husky before, please follow the Husky documentation to setup it up.

#!/bin/sh
. "$(dirname "$0")/_/husky.sh"

while read local_ref local_sha remote_ref remote_sha
do
  codiga git-push-hook --remote-sha $remote_sha --local-sha $local_sha
done

exit 0
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Depending on your existing setup, you may need to run chmod +x .husky/pre-push to make the script above executable.

The following public repositories of ours all use this Husky setup and might be of help to you.

On your first push​

On your first git push, you and/or any of your team developers, will be prompted to set a Codiga API token.

If you wish to set your token beforehand, in your terminal you can:

  • install the Codiga CLI tool globally with: npm i @codiga/cli
  • run codiga token-add to get started

Any token set here will be available to your pre-push hook.

Important notes​

When using the pre-push script, your code is being sent to the Codiga servers for analysis. The analysis is not local, it is done directly on Codiga servers to avoid any load on your local machine.

Support​

If you have any issues with the pre-push script:

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