Pass parameters to git pre-push hook

Question

I've create a git pre-push hook that builds my .NET solution and runs the unit tests. So executing a git push command now fires off the build/tests prior to pushing code to origin.

That all works just fine. However, there are cases when I'd like to bypass this hook. Maybe I know a test is failing and that's fine for now, I'd just like to be able to skip the logic in my hook.

Ideally I'd be able to do something like this:

git push --skip-tests

However, that doesn't seem to fly because git flags --skip-tests as an invalid parameter. Is there a way I can pass a parameter into the hook from the command line when doing a push so that I can branch the hook logic based on whether that parameter exists or not?

Answer 1

You should skip it with:

git push --no-verify

From git push man page

With --no-verify, the hook is bypassed completely.

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However, this bypass not just the tests but the all hook: build too.

You could keep the hook, but add an environment variable that the hook script would detect in order to build but not test.

skip-test=true git push