One of the biggest mistakes by a human being is to expose credentials/important data unknowingly. To avoid that we should be looking for some solution. So in this blog, I am going to share the solution to avoid such mistakes. we can commit other changes we want, without any issues.
What is the solution?
Pre-commit hook is the solution to avoid leaking credential files unknowingly. Hooks are simple codes, which are attached to certain events like commit, push, etc. So, that each time when an event occurs, then that particular hook is going to run and do its job.
A Pre-commit hook, it’s a hook that is going to run before every commit into the git. It can be used for various purposes like to verify the username, verify changes in any file, etc.
In this blog, we will be looking into how we can avoid the changes into any file by applying a pre-commit hook. Also here the changes to other files can be committed without any issue. Adding –no-verify to commit message can bypass this hook.
Setup for Pre-commit hook:
Let us have a look at how to set up a pre-commit hook. Below are the steps, need to follow for setting up a pre-commit hook to avoid changes into any specified file at the time of commit.
1. First make the Visual Studio Code settings for accessing hidden .git files within Visual Studio Code.
– Go to File->Preferences-> Settings & search for file.exclude
– You just need to set “**/.git” as { “**/.git” : false} and you are good to go
2. Browse inside .git/hooks & find there pre-commit.sample code.
3. Select all the code and comment out the same. Copy the given code and paste it into the file. Also, make sure to change the file names, you don’t want to commit with a path in the file and rename the file as ‘pre-commit’, removing ‘.sample’ extension.
4. From Gitbash, make the file executable from the current working directory.
chmod +x pre-commit |
5. Now make the changes to the file added to pre-commit which you do not want to commit.
6. Commit the changes with that file. Tada!! you will not be allowed to do the commit.
Code
#!/bin/bash # full paths from the repo root separated by newlines MUST_NOT_CHANGE='conf/remote_credentials.py conf/api_example_conf.py conf/email_conf.py' if git rev-parse --verify HEAD >/dev/null 2>&1 then against=HEAD else # Initial commit: diff against an empty tree object against=4b825dc642cb6eb9a060e54bf8d69288fbee4904 fi exec 1>&2 if git diff --cached --name-only $against | grep --quiet --line-regexp --fixed-strings "$MUST_NOT_CHANGE" then echo Commit would modify one or more files that must not change, Please verify the changes. exit 1 else exit 0 fi |
I hope this blog is helpful for you. Happy Testing!!
I have started my career with Networking Domain.Have 8 years of relevant IT experience in network protocol testing.Experienced in functional testing of various networking protocols and Device-specific features.I was involved mainly in Manual Testing, Writing Test Plans, Updating Release Notes, Documentation for the same.Mainly worked on L4-L7 Load Balancers, Application Accelerators, Application Delivery Controllers.After that, I was looking for Automation Testing and Remote Work Opportunities.I found Qxf2 is the right place.Learning Python,Automation Framework, Exploring New Tools for Automation.My hobbies are listening classical,non-classical music .
