git-hooks-automation

Git Hooks Automation

Automate code quality enforcement at the Git level. Set up hooks that lint, format, test, and validate before commits and pushes ever reach your CI pipeline — catching issues in seconds instead of minutes.

When to Use This Skill

• User asks to "set up git hooks" or "add pre-commit hooks"
• Configuring Husky, lint-staged, or the pre-commit framework
• Enforcing commit message conventions (Conventional Commits, commitlint)
• Automating linting, formatting, or type-checking before commits
• Setting up pre-push hooks for test runners
• Migrating from Husky v4 to v9+ or adopting hooks from scratch
• User mentions "pre-commit", "commit-msg", "pre-push", "lint-staged", or "githooks"

Git Hooks Fundamentals

Git hooks are scripts that run automatically at specific points in the Git workflow. They live in .git/hooks/ and are not version-controlled by default — which is why tools like Husky exist.

Hook Types & When They Fire

Hook	Fires When	Common Use
pre-commit	Before commit is created	Lint, format, type-check staged files
prepare-commit-msg	After default msg, before editor	Auto-populate commit templates
commit-msg	After user writes commit message	Enforce commit message format
post-commit	After commit is created	Notifications, logging
pre-push	Before push to remote	Run tests, c