Hooking the Test into Git: Working of Git

Create scripts

Let’s make two simple scripts to show how git hooks work. The first one will be named .git/hooks/pre-commit. Do not include the .sample suffix or any other suffix. In the file, add these lines:

#!/usr/bin/env python
print('Hello from pre-commit')

Make a similar file with a different string and save it as .git/hooks/pre-push. Then make the files executable by entering the following command in the .git/hooks directory:

 $ chmod +x .git/hooks/pre-commit .git/hooks/pre-push

Add and commit a file

If we now update any file, add it, and commit it to the repository, we should see something like: