The-Adult-In-The-Room/poe2-tools PR #23 — Migrate to simple-git-hooks — PR #23
The-Adult-In-The-Room/poe2-tools · pull request #23 ·
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Let's walk through pull request twenty-three. This PR replaces Husky with simple-git-hooks for managing Git hooks in the poe two tools repository. It's a focused refactor that touches six files with thirteen additions and eighteen deletions.
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This PR has one primary objective: replacing Husky with simple-git-hooks as the Git hook manager. Along the way, we're cleaning up the old Husky configuration directories and removing some IDE-specific workspace settings that don't belong in version control.
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The motivation here is pretty straightforward. We're moving from Husky, which is a heavier framework with its own directory and configuration files, to simple-git-hooks — a lightweight alternative that does the same job but keeps everything in package dot json. The pre-commit linting behavior stays exactly the same, but with less overhead.
Architecture
Let's see where the changes land. The entire dot husky directory gets removed — both the git ignore file and the pre-commit hook script. The dot vscode settings file is also deleted as part of an IDE configuration cleanup. Meanwhile, package dot json gets updated with a new prepare script and the hook configuration, and package-lock dot json reflects the dependency swap.
Architecture
Here's the heart of the change in package dot json. The prepare script now calls simple-git-hooks instead of husky. In dev dependencies, husky is swapped out for simple-git-hooks. And notice the new simple-git-hooks configuration block at the bottom — it specifies that the pre-commit hook should run npx lint-staged, which is exactly what the old husky hook did.
Architecture
So how does this work in practice? When someone runs npm install, the prepare script kicks in during the install lifecycle. That script now invokes simple-git-hooks, which reads the configuration from package dot json and installs the pre-commit hook. When you commit, the hook runs npx lint-staged, just like before. Same behavior, simpler setup.
Architecture
Let's talk about what's deleted. The dot husky git ignore file is gone because the husky directory itself is removed. The pre-commit hook script is also deleted since the hook is now defined in the package dot json config block. And the dot vscode settings file gets removed as a general cleanup — IDE-specific settings shouldn't live in version control.
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After this PR lands, the outcome is simple: same hooks, less baggage. The pre-commit linting works exactly as before — developers still get lint-staged running on every commit — but the configuration now lives in package dot json instead of a separate husky directory. The dependency count stays neutral, but the project structure is cleaner.
CodeQuality
Good news on the gotchas front — the analysis examined several areas and found everything clean. Hook functionality is preserved across both versions. The npm prepare phase semantics are confirmed. lint-staged is still declared in dependencies, which is required. The package lock version resolves correctly. And no test changes are needed since tests don't depend on the git hook implementation. This is a clean swap.
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So here's the takeaway. This is a clean dependency swap that simplifies Git hook management without changing any behavior. The migration is well-scoped, the deletions make sense, and nothing risky was found. Looks good to me — nice cleanup work.
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