Pre-commit hook for Git when Hudson build has failed

Question

I'm trying to figure out how to write a pre-commit hook for Git that checks the status of my Hudson build. If the previous build failed, it should disallow anyone from committing without first writing a specific line, e.g. "fixed build."

EDIT:

The first answerer has provided one side of the coin: the Hudson API.

I now need the other side. How do I write the pre-commit hook in Git?

Answer 1

As mentioned in this blog post, Hudson has a discoverable API, through its Remote Access API.

http://myhudson.example.com/job/MyJob/api

By using a combination of:

• wget (available on Unix or Windows)
• parsing

you can extract the status of the latest build.