PRE-COMMIT-INIT-TEMPLATEDIR(1)

💖 PRE-COMMIT-INIT-TEMPLATEDIR 💖

okay so this is pre-commit-init-templatedir, a little legend from the User Commands manual, and bestie it does exactly one thing and does it cute: it installs a hook script into a directory that's intended for use with... yeah, that's where the original page just kinda trails off, we don't make the rules 🙈 anyway, the hook script goes in the directory, that's the vibe.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

pre-commit init-templatedir git config init.templateDir [-h]
    [--color {auto,always,never}] [-c CONFIG] [--no-allow-missing-config]
    [-t {commit-msg,post-checkout,post-commit,post-merge,post-rewrite,pre-commit,pre-merge-commit,pre-push,pre-rebase,prepare-commit-msg}]
    directory

like yes, the invocation really is that long, she's high maintenance but she's worth it 💅

🌸 OPTIONS 🌸

🎀 POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS

• directory — the directory where we're writing the hook script. that's the spot. that's where it goes. periodt.

🦋 OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS

• -h, --help — show a help message and exit. classic. iconic. your lil safety net when you forget how any of this works (no judgement, we've all been there 🫶).
• --color {auto,always,never} — whether to use color in output. defaults to auto. so if you want the rainbow always, you say always, and if you're in your no-color era, you say never ✨.
• -c, --config CONFIG — path to an alternate config file. you're not stuck with the default one, you can point her wherever 💜.
• --no-allow-missing-config — assume cloned repos should have a pre-commit config. so like, don't be chill about a missing config, be strict about it 🔥.
• -t, --hook-type {commit-msg,post-checkout,post-commit,post-merge,post-rewrite,pre-commit,pre-merge-commit,pre-push,pre-rebase,prepare-commit-msg} — pick which hook type you want. that's the whole list, all ten of them, no more no less: commit-msg, post-checkout, post-commit, post-merge, post-rewrite, pre-commit, pre-merge-commit, pre-push, pre-rebase, prepare-commit-msg. choose wisely bestie 👑

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole girlies, go say hi:

• pre-commit-autoupdate(1)
• pre-commit-clean(1)
• pre-commit-gc(1)
• pre-commit-install(1)
• pre-commit-install-hooks(1)
• pre-commit-migrate-config(1)
• pre-commit-run(1)
• pre-commit-sample-config(1)
• pre-commit-try-repo(1)
• pre-commit-uninstall(1)
• pre-commit-validate-config(1)
• pre-commit-validate-manifest(1)
• pre-commit-help(1)

and obviously the mothership herself: pre-commit(1) 💖

ngl that's the whole page, there's no extra lore hiding in here, this is the full tea 🍓

mwah 💋 this lil page is dated February 2025 and it's part of the pre-commit family — go forth, install those hooks, and slay ✨🦋