Git commit hooks per branch

git branch post-commit githooks
Eugene picture Eugene · Jun 16, 2011 · Viewed 7.7k times · Source

I'm working on getting into some more advanced usage of git, and I think hooks are the way that I want to go, perhaps somebody can give me some advice here.

My plan is to have a git repository with 3 branches (development, staging, and production). I want commits to each of these 3 branches to trigger a different script post-commit.

Does git have the capability to do this or am I barking up the wrong tree?

Thanks in advance.

Answer

Simon Stender Boisen picture Simon Stender Boisen · Jun 16, 2011

in a post-commit hook you could do the following:

if [ `git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD` == "development" ]; then
   echo "development-script"
elif [ `git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD` == "staging" ]; then
   echo "staging-script"
elif [ `git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD` == "production" ]; then
   echo "production-script"
fi

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