no-checkin

A command-line git utility configuration that blocks commits of temporary code.

Purpose

This searches all staged code for the string nocheckin and, if found, fails the commit process with an error, listing out each occurrence. This works by replacing your repo's .git/hooks/pre-commit script with a symbolic link to the one provided in this repo.

This should be cloned into your home directory as-is (i.e. ~/no-checkin/.

This also recurses submodules and applies the rules there, too.

Usage

To use, run setup-no-checkin.sh from the parent git directory (not submodules) of the repo you want this functionality for. NOTE: If this repo is cloned to a different directory, the path in setup-no-checkin.sh will need to be modified.

For example:

• cd ~
• git clone https://github.com/travisvroman/no-checkin.git
• cd ~/path/to/repository/
• ~/no-checkin/setup-nocheckin.sh