Prevent commits in a local branch

Question

In my local git tree I pull commits from the \"master\" branch in the repository, but all development is done in a different branch, and pushed in a different branch too.

Answer 1

You can use a pre-commit hook.

For example, place the following script as .git/hooks/pre-commit:

#!/bin/bash
if test $(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD) = "master" ; then 
  echo "Cannot commit on master"
  exit 1
fi

And set it as executable

chmod +x .git/hooks/pre-commit