How to prevent git commit --no-verify command?

Question

I would like to setup a pre-commit hook for all git repos to validate syntax errors using jshint and phplint. But the issue is that the git has a feature which can skip pre-commit hook from happening by using --no-verify flag. But i don't need to use that option. Can i prevent that --no-verify flag for git Please suggest a way.

Answer 1

First off: you can't definitively prevent someone from passing the --no-verify option. That said, it's a good practice to use pre-commit hooks for linting, and it's a good practice to avoid passing the --no-verify option without reason.

If, however, you want to make it more cumbersome to pass the --no-verify option, you could:

1. generate a verification token and append it to the commit message in pre-commit;
2. exit pre-receive with a non-zero exitcode if this token is missing or invalid. (Examples of things you can do in pre-receive hooks: https://github.com/github/platform-samples/tree/master/pre-receive-hooks)

Someone determined to avoid passing --no-verify could manually do step 1, which is why this isn't 100% effective. I wouldn't recommend setting this up in a professional context, but I'm all for people using the tools at their disposal to instill good habits for themselves, while learning more about git hooks.