Hook Test

Testing different git hook managers:

• Husky
  • 31.1k stars
  • written in: node
  • must use js package manager to install, not available in brew and doesn't work without node
  • seems to be the defacto choice for the JS world
  • no parallel execution
  • requires a package.json in the root of the repo
• quickhook
  • 54 stars
  • written in: go
  • install with brew (via a tap), deb and rpm available
  • supports running hooks in parallel
  • hooks are stored in .quickhook/ at the root of the repo
• lefthook
  • 3.7k stars
  • written in: go
  • installable with a lot of package managers including npm, gem, brew (without a tap), deb, rpm...
  • supports running hooks in parallel
  • stores configuration in lefthook.yml in the root of the repo
  • support for passing changed file list into hook
  • colors, pretty output message
• Autohook
  • stars: 135
  • written in: shell
  • no system-wide installation needed, just commit autohook.sh to the repo
  • no colors
  • no parallel hook execution
  • hooks go in hooks/scripts dir, then get symlinked to ie. hooks/pre-commit/*
    • symlinking part feels very awkward
• pre-commit
  • 11.7k stars
  • written in: python
  • seems fairly mature
  • installable with brew
  • supports running hooks in parallel
  • python is annoying
  • hooks are configured in .pre-commit-config.yaml but the actual scripts live in another repo.

so far unreviewed:

• githooks
  • 90 stars
  • written in: go
  • pros:
    • seems robust
  • cons:
    • install procedure appears to be: download tar.gz off github releases. no brew or anything.
• githooks
  • 369 stars
  • written in: shell
  • pros:
    • install is trivial: script is checked into the repo itself