Pre Commit Submodule Hook

This pre-commit hook asks you to confirm when submodules are either:

• modified and not staged for commit
• modified and staged for commit

It looks like this (YMMV) if you configure it as your pre-commit hook:

? The following submodules are modified but not staged for commit:
* sub2 (`git add sub2` to add submodule to staging)
The following submodules are modified and staged for commit:
* sub (`git restore --staged sub` to remove submodule from staging)
Do you wish to continue anyway? (y/n) › no

How to build it so that it runs with minimal dependencies (statically)

Build using musl

cargo build --target=x86_64-unknown-linux-musl

and then

❯ ldd target/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/debug/submodule-hook
        statically linked

How to install and configure it as my pre-commit hook ?

From source

1. compile it: cargo build --target=x86_64-unknown-linux-musl --release
2. install it as your pre-commit hook: cp target/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/release/submodule-hook .git/hooks/pre-commit

From crates.io

1. install it: cargo install submodule-hook

2. install it as your pre-commit hook: cp $(which submodule-hook) .git/hooks/pre-commit

How to uninstall it ?

Remove the hook using: rm .git/hooks/pre-commit

If you installed it from crates.io, you can remove the binary from your ~/.cargo/bin directory using: cargo uninstall submodule-hook

Can I try it without setting it as my pre-commit hook ?

Yes, you can run it manually:

submodule-hook --repo <path-to-your-repo>

Configuration

Configuration is evaluated in this order:

1. global ~/.gitconfig
2. local .git/config
3. CLI parameters cf cargo run -- --help
4. if no configuration is found it assumes strict = false, staging = true, notstaging = true

Edit local .git/config or global ~/.gitconfig

[submodulehook]
    # if true the hook will fail when opening repository or submodule fails
    strict = false
    # if true also ask for confirmation before commit when a submodule is modified and staged
    staging = true
    # if true also ask for confirmation before commit when a submodule is modified and not staged
    notstaging = true

if both staging and notstaging are set to false then the hook will be disabled

Or use git config:

git config submodulehook.strict false
git config submodulehook.staging true
git config submodulehook.notstaging true

CHANGELOG

Please see the CHANGELOG for a release history.