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Git Version Control Cookbook

Git Version Control Cookbook - Second Edition

By : Kenneth Geisshirt, Zattin(EUR), Olsson, Voss
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Git Version Control Cookbook

Git Version Control Cookbook

4.5 (4)
By: Kenneth Geisshirt, Zattin(EUR), Olsson, Voss

Overview of this book

Git is one of the most popular tools for versioning. With over 100 practical, self-contained tutorials, this updated version of the bestselling Git Version Control Cookbook examines the common pain points and best practices to help you solve problems related to versioning. Each recipe addresses a specific problem and offers a proven, best-practice solution with insights into how it works. You’ll get started by learning about the Git data model and how it stores files, along with gaining insights on how to commit changes to a database. Using simple commands, you’ll also understand how to navigate through the database. Once you have accustomed yourself to the basics, you’ll explore techniques to configure Git with the help of comprehensive examples and configuration targets. Further into the book, you’ll get up to speed with branches and recovery from mistakes. You’ll also discover the features of Git rebase and how to use regular Git to merge other branches. The later chapters will guide you in exploring Git notes and learning to utilize the update, list, and search commands. Toward the concluding chapters, you’ll focus on repository maintenance, patching, and offline sharing. By the end of this book, you’ll have grasped various tips and tricks, and have a practical understanding of best-practice solutions for common problems related to versioning.
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Using external information in a commit message


The commit hook is executed when you close the commit message editor. It can, among other things, be used to manipulate the commit message or do an automatic review of the commit message to check whether it has a specific format.

In this recipe, we will be manipulating and checking the content of a commit message.

Getting ready

To start this exercise, we just need to create a branch and check it out. We need to disable the current prepare-commit-msg hook; we can do this by simply renaming it. Now, we can start working on the commit-msg hook by using the following command:

$ git checkout -b commit-msg-example
Switched to a new branch 'commit-msg-example'
$ mv .git/hooks/prepare-commit-msg .git/hooks/prepare-commit-msg.example

How to do it...

What we want to do in the first example is to check whether or not the defect information is correct. There is no need to release a commit that refers to a defect that does not exist:

  1. We will start by testing the...
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