SVN - pre-commit hook to check code formatting

Question

Hi,

We want to implement pre-commit hook in SVN to check code formatting in jsp/java files. If the submited files do not pass the guidelines, it should not commit and indicate the lines in error.

How can we implement it? Please guide.

Answer 1

Information about how to implement hooks can be found here.

I would start off by writing a script, or choosing an existing application, that checks the code of a single *.java file. Since a *.jsp file contains slightly different syntax I would to the same for *.jsp files - keeping those scripts separate.

Writing a script that traverses the file structure of commit can easily be written in Bash/Python. This script should just call your previous syntax check scripts for each *.java file and *.jsp file.

Last not but not least, the traversal script(s) should be added to the pre-commit hook script on your Subversion server.