How to Streamline the Development Process with Commit Hooks By @papa_fire | @DevOpsSummit #DevOps

Automation is a big part of the DevOps approach, to the point where some people (incorrectly) define DevOps exclusively as automation. While many discuss automating the deployment pipeline process for build->test->deploy, few talk about utility automation for the intermediate steps of that process. There are different aspects of end-to-end processes that can help improve the adoption of DevOps principals by developers. There are on-call responsibilities, development-centric monitoring and process automation for developers. One of the great techniques for the latter is commit/push hooks that can be implemented as part of the version control system. Unfortunately, many people are either not familiar with pre/post commit hooks or not using them to their advantage. As a result, I thought it might be helpful to outline a few of the most common use cases for commit/push hooks that I’ve implemented on different projects that help to streamline the development process and reduce a number of points of failure along the way.

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