Git Hooks & Automation

Automate quality checks with Git hooks at every stage of the workflow.

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Git hooks are scripts that run automatically at certain points in Git's workflow. They live in .git/hooks/ and can enforce code quality, run tests, or prevent bad commits.

Hooks are Git's built-in automation system, and they're incredibly flexible. Every Git command that changes state has a corresponding hook — pre-commit runs before a commit is created, pre-push runs before pushing, post-merge runs after a merge completes. You can write hooks in any scripting language (bash, Python, Node.js, etc.) as long as they're executable. A well-crafted set of hooks can enforce your team's entire workflow without anyone needing to remember the rules.

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