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You can use the pre-commit hook for this. Example .git/hooks/pre-commit: #!/usr/bin/bash git fetch if [ $(git status -sb |grep -c behind) -gt 0 ]; then echo "ERROR: local repo is beh...

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GeraldS‭ · 2024-07-29T09:23:28Z (4 months ago)

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You can use the [pre-commit hook](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Customizing-Git-Git-Hooks) for this.
Example `.git/hooks/pre-commit`:
```bash
#!/usr/bin/bash
git fetch
if [ $(git status -sb |grep -c behind) -gt 0 ]; then
echo "ERROR: local repo is behind remote!"
exit 1
fi
```
Result:
```console
gerald@localmachine:~/test2$ git commit -m "fourth commit"
ERROR: local repo is behind remote!
```
You can also configure [global hooks](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config#Documentation/git-config.txt-corehooksPath) that affect all repositories (with the drawback that it disables the per repo hooks):
git config --global core.hooksPath /path/to/my/centralized/hooks

You can use the [pre-commit hook](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Customizing-Git-Git-Hooks) for this.
Example `.git/hooks/pre-commit`:
```bash
#!/usr/bin/bash
git fetch
if [ $(git status -sb |grep -c behind) -gt 0 ]; then
echo "ERROR: local repo is behind remote!"
exit 1
fi
```
Result:
```console
gerald@localmachine:~/test2$ git commit -m "fourth commit"
ERROR: local repo is behind remote!
```
The hooks can be bypassed with the `--no-verify` argument if needed.
You can also configure [global hooks](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config#Documentation/git-config.txt-corehooksPath) that affect all repositories (with the drawback that it disables the per repo hooks):
git config --global core.hooksPath /path/to/my/centralized/hooks

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GeraldS‭ · 2024-07-29T09:00:57Z (4 months ago)

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You can use the [pre-commit hook](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Customizing-Git-Git-Hooks) for this.

Example `.git/hooks/pre-commit`:

```bash
#!/usr/bin/bash

git fetch
if [ $(git status -sb |grep -c behind) -gt 0 ]; then
        echo "ERROR: local repo is behind remote!"
        exit 1
fi
```

Result:

```console
gerald@localmachine:~/test2$ git commit -m "fourth commit"
ERROR: local repo is behind remote!
```

You can also configure [global hooks](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config#Documentation/git-config.txt-corehooksPath) that affect all repositories (with the drawback that it disables the per repo hooks):

    git config --global core.hooksPath /path/to/my/centralized/hooks

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