Lefthook

Managing Commands

Uninstall, reinstall, or skip hooks when needed for development.

10 commands

Pro Tips

Use LEFTHOOK=0 to skip hooks temporarily

Commands

Uninstall hooks

$ lefthook uninstall

Remove all Git hooks.

Skip hooks once

$ git commit --no-verify -m 'message'

Skip hooks for single commit.

Skip via env var

$ LEFTHOOK=0 git commit -m 'message'

Skip hooks with environment.

Check version

$ lefthook version

Show Lefthook version.

Verbose debug output

$ LEFTHOOK_VERBOSE=1 git commit -m 'message'

Enable verbose logging for debugging hooks.

Upgrade via npm

$ npm update lefthook

Upgrade Lefthook to latest version.

Skip specific hook

$ LEFTHOOK_EXCLUDE=lint git commit -m 'message'

Skip a named command during hook run.

Validate config

$ lefthook dump

Dump resolved config to verify correctness.

Use local overrides

$ # Create lefthook-local.yml # Overrides lefthook.yml (gitignored)

Add local overrides not committed to repo.

NPM postinstall hook

$ { "scripts": { "postinstall": "lefthook install" } }

Auto-install hooks after npm install.