How to use git hooks to run scripts before the committing code to repo

By Vladimir Nikolic, CEO Coding Wisely

here iw how.

In root, run this:

touch .git/hooks/pre-commit

Then, make it executable:

chmod +x .git/hooks/pre-commit

#!/bin/sh
echo "Running Pint ... "
files=$(git diff --cached --name-only --diff-filter=ACM -- '*.php');
./vendor/bin/pint $files

git add $files

echo "Running Pest ..." ./vendor/bin/pest --parallel --processes=4

and that is all.

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