Git pre-commit hook to prevent committing AWS keys

This will guide you through a simple method to prevent you from committing aws keys into your repositories.

step 1 : Enable git templates

git config --global init.templatedir '~/.git-templates'

this will create a global git template directory

step 2 : Create a directory for global hooks

mkdir -p ~/.git-templates/hooks

This directory will hold the global hooks we need

step 3 : Write your hooks in ~/.git-templates/hooks

create a pre-commit file inside the hooks folder and paste the script given below

dduvnjak’s pre commit hook (link)

step 4 : Make sure the hook is executable

chmod a+x ~/.git-templates/hooks/pre-commit

step 5 : Re-initialize git in repo you want to use

git init

NOTE : This will not overwrite your previous hooks in local repo.

references : https://coderwall.com/p/jp7d5q/create-a-global-git-commit-hook