albertjan@debian ~/Desktop/test_repo $ git config --global init.templatedir ~/Desktop/git_template_dir
albertjan@debian ~/Desktop/test_repo $ cd ~/Desktop/git_template_dir
albertjan@debian ~/Desktop/git_template_dir $ cat hooks/pre-commit
#!/usr/bin/python
#-*- mode: python -*-
"""Git pre-commit hook: reject large files, save as 'pre-commit' (no .py)
and place in .git/hooks"""
__author__ = "Albert-Jan Roskam"
__email__ = "@".join(["fomcl", "yahoo" + ".com"])
__version__ = "1.0.5"
import sys
import os
import re
from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
import StringIO
def git_filesize_hook(megabytes_cutoff=5, verbose=False):
"""Git pre-commit hook: Return error if the maximum file size in the HEAD
revision exceeds <megabytes_cutoff>, succes (0) otherwise. You can bypass
this hook by specifying '--no-verify' as an option in 'git commit'."""
if verbose: print os.getcwd()
cmd = "git diff --name-only --cached"
kwargs = dict(args=cmd, shell=True, stdout=PIPE, cwd=os.getcwd())
if sys.platform.startswith("win"):
del kwargs["cwd"]
cmd = "pushd \"%s\" && " % os.getcwd() + cmd + " && popd"
kwargs["args"] = cmd
git = Popen(**kwargs)
output = git.stdout.readlines()
def try_getsize(f):
"""in case the file is removed with git rm"""
try:
return os.path.getsize(f)
except (EnvironmentError, OSError):
return 0
files = {f.rstrip(): try_getsize(f.strip()) for f in output}
bytes_cut_off = megabytes_cutoff * 2 ** 20
too_big = [f for f, size in files.items() if size > bytes_cut_off]
if too_big:
msg = ("ERROR: your commit contains %s files that exceed size "
"limit of %d bytes:\n%s")
msg = msg % (len(too_big), bytes_cut_off, "\n".join(sorted(too_big)))
msg += "\n\nUse the '--no-verify' option to by-pass this hook"
return msg
return 0
if __name__ == "__main__":
sys.exit(git_filesize_hook(0.000001, True))
albertjan@debian ~/Desktop/git_template_dir $ cd -
/home/albertjan/Desktop/test_repo
albertjan@debian ~/Desktop/test_repo $ git init ## this also fetches my own pre-commit hook from template_dir
Initialized empty Git repository in /home/albertjan/Desktop/test_repo/.git/
albertjan@debian ~/Desktop/test_repo $ touch foo.txt
albertjan@debian ~/Desktop/test_repo $ git add foo.txt
albertjan@debian ~/Desktop/test_repo $ ls -l .git/hooks
total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 albertjan albertjan 1468 May 22 14:49 pre-commit
albertjan@debian ~/Desktop/test_repo $ git commit -a -m "commit" ##### hook does not yet work
[master (root-commit) dc82f3d] commit
0 files changed
create mode 100644 foo.txt
albertjan@debian
~/Desktop/test_repo $ chmod +x .git/hooks/pre-commit
albertjan@debian ~/Desktop/test_repo $ echo "blaah\n" >> foo.txt
albertjan@debian ~/Desktop/test_repo $ git commit -a -m "commit" ##### now the hook does its job
/home/albertjan/Desktop/test_repo
ERROR: your commit contains 1 files that exceed size limit of 1 bytes:
foo.txt
Use the '--no-verify' option to by-pass this hook
Diff to Previous Revision
--- revision 8 2015-03-10 09:35:37
+++ revision 9 2015-03-10 09:36:28
@@ -74,5 +74,4 @@
ERROR: your commit contains 1 files that exceed size limit of 1 bytes:
foo.txt
-
Use the '--no-verify' option to by-pass this hook
