Hook Chaining

Did you have git repositories with other pre-commit/pre-push hooks? Are you worried that installing Talisman will clobber the existing git hooks?

Worry not! Installation of Talisman does no such thing.

If the installation script finds any existing hooks, it will only indicate so on the console. You will have to take the extra step to employ git hook chaining to allow Talisman to also take effect.

To run multiple hooks you could use any tool of your choice to chain talisman with any existing git hooks. Below are examples for some common git hook managers.

With pre-commit

Add this to your .pre-commit-config.yaml (be sure to update rev to point to a real git revision!):

-   repo: https://github.com/thoughtworks/talisman
    rev: ''  # Update me!
    hooks:
    # either `commit` or `push` support
    -   id: talisman-commit
    # -   id: talisman-push

With husky

husky is an npm module for managing git hooks. In order to use husky, make sure the talisman executable is on your system’s $PATH.

v4 or older

Add a call to talisman --githook pre-commit to the husky scripts section in your package.json:

{
    "husky": {
        "hooks": {
            "pre-commit": "talisman --githook pre-commit && <your other scripts>"
        }
    }
}

Newer versions

Add a call to talisman --githook pre-commit to the .husky/pre-commit script in your repository:

talisman --githook pre-commit
<your other scripts>