Setting up a Gitlab Hook to autocompile SASS

June 9, 2015 2.1k views
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Hi there,

I'm just wondering if someone ever set up a hook within gitlab to autocompile SASS as soon as a push has been done. If so, I would gladly appreciate any hint on how you did it or if there is better way to compile pushed SASS.

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asb MOD June 13, 2016

Check out the docs from GitLab on how to configure custom git hooks. This would need to be done by an administrator as you need filesystem access. If you used the DigitalOcean One-Click or GitLab's Omnibus installer, you can find the git repository in disk at:

/var/opt/gitlab/git-data/repositories/<group>/<project>.git

Inside of that directory, you can create a new directory named custom_hooks In there, you can create and use normal git hooks. For instance if you wanted to run a script to compile SASS after a push, you could use a post-receive hook.

You'll also need to make sure the directory is owned by the git user:

  • chown -R git:git /var/opt/gitlab/git-data/repositories/<group>/<project>.git/custom_hooks

For more info on writing git hooks, check out:

How To Use Git Hooks To Automate Development and Deployment Tasks
by Justin Ellingwood
Git is a very robust and mature version control system that has seen great adoption in recent years. One of git's great features is its ability to use "hooks" to call arbitrary scripts when certain git events occur. In this guide, we'll discuss the general idea behind git hooks, talk about how to work around some of its inconsistencies, and demonstrate some implementations that you can use in your development process.
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