add hook to reject certain commits from being pushed to the repository

pre-receive-hooks/reject-commits.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Reject certain commits from being pushed to the repository
+#
+# This can be a useful pre-receive hook [1] if you rewrote the history
+# of a repository and you want to ensure nobody pushes the old commits
+# again.
+#
+# Usage: Add the commits you want to reject in the
+#        "<list commit hashes here>" below.
+#
+# [1] https://help.github.com/en/enterprise/user/articles/working-with-pre-receive-hooks
+#
+set -e
+
+zero_commit="0000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
+rejected_commits=$(mktemp /tmp/rejected-commits.XXXXXX)
+trap "rm -f $rejected_commits" EXIT
+cat <<EOF > $rejected_commits
+<list commit hashes here>
+EOF
+
+while read -r oldrev newrev refname; do
+
+    # Branch or tag got deleted, ignore the push
+    [ "$newrev" = "$zero_commit" ] && continue
+
+    # Calculate range for new branch/updated branch
+    [ "$oldrev" = "$zero_commit" ] && range="$newrev" || range="$oldrev..$newrev"
+
+	# Iterate over all new hashes and try to match "rejected hashes"
+	# Return "success" if there are no matches
+	match=$(git rev-list "$range" --not --all \
+		    | fgrep --max-count=1 --file=$rejected_commits \
+	) || continue
+
+	echo "ERROR:"
+	echo "ERROR: Your push was rejected because it contained the commit"
+	echo "ERROR: '$match' in '${refname#refs/heads/}'."
+	echo "ERROR:"
+	echo "ERROR: Please contact your GitHub Enterprise administrator."
+	echo "ERROR"
+	exit 1
+done