Usage¶

Command Line¶

git lint [options] [filenames]

Options¶

As a pre-commit hook:¶

#!/usr/bin/env python
import git_lint
git_lint.run_precommit(staging = True, timestamps = True)

Install this file in your project’s .git/hooks/pre-commit, and set the file’s executable flag to true:

chmod +x pre-commit

Please see the api for more details on options taken by the run_precommit() and run_gitlint commands.

There is an example pre-commit script shipped with git lint.