Merge pull request #180 from github/force-push-pre-receive

add script to restrict force pushes to designated branches

Author: azizshamim

pre-receive-hooks/force_push_restricted_branches.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+zero_commit="0000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
+
+# This example allows force pushes for branches named scratch/* and test/*
+force_push_prefix="
+scratch
+test
+"
+
+is_force_push() {
+  # If this is a new branch there's no history to overwrite
+  if [[ ${oldrev} == ${zero_commit} ]]; then
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  if git merge-base --is-ancestor ${oldrev} ${newrev}; then
+    return 1
+  else
+    return 0
+  fi
+}
+
+while read -r oldrev newrev refname; do
+  if is_force_push; then
+    force_push_permitted=false
+    for push_prefix in ${force_push_prefix}; do
+      if [[ ${refname} == "refs/heads/${push_prefix}/"* ]]; then
+        force_push_permitted=true
+        break
+      fi
+    done
+    if [[ ${force_push_permitted} == true ]]; then
+      continue
+    else
+      echo "force push detected in restricted branch ${refname}"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+  fi
+done