husky > pre-commit hook failed (add --no-verify to bypass)

Question

Suddenly I am getting the "husky > pre-commit hook failed (add --no-verify to bypass)" error message when I give the git commit.

(C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe)
> git commit
husky > npm run -s precommit (node v12.18.3)

'pretty-quick' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

husky > pre-commit hook failed (add --no-verify to bypass)

I tried git clean command too. Anyone faced similar issue?

Answer 1

Husky can prevent you from bad git commit, git push, and more. If you are getting this error check your code syntax. In case you are getting this error even if your code is valid, please use the below solution.

#Solution 1:

Delete the .git/hooks folder and then do the npm install to reinstall husky. There are chances for conflicts with husky-generated files in the .git/hooks/ files.

#Solution 2:

this is a temporary/quick solution.

git commit -m "message" --no-verify

Answer 2

The Comment by @Elio is a much preferred solution, as --no-verify is skipping whatever scripts that should run.

I assume here that if the scripts are there it is for a reason...

Therefore:

You can also delete the .git/hook folder and then uninstall and reinstall husky. There are some conflicts with husky generated files and .git/hook/ files. That worked for me

In my case, the uninstall/re-install was not necessary.

Answer 3

For me I had to add

"lint-staged": {
  "**/*": "prettier --write --ignore-unknown"
},

to my package.json

Answer 4

In my case, I started getting husky > pre-commit hook failed (add --no-verify to bypass) once some dependencies have been updated. The problem was solved by changing Husky's pre-commit linting command to npm run lint (usually this one works fine in most cases) in the Husky file:

// .huskyrc.json
{
  "hooks": {
      "pre-commit": "npm run lint"
  }
}

Note: the solution works if the lint script is declared in your package.json; in my case I have:

// package.json
{
  "scripts": {
    "lint": "tsc && eslint \"src/**/*.{js,ts,tsx}\" --quiet --fix"
  }
}

Answer 5

I find two temporary solution like that

git config --unset core.hooksPath  

or

git commit -m "message" --no-verify 

Answer 6

I came with the same annoying error message when commit to a electron.js project. Adding --no-verify option works, but it's also a bit annoying that I have to do it everytime when commit.

Then I found the something related to precommit in package.json file:

{
  "scripts": {
    ...
    "precommit": "lint-staged",
    ...
  }
}

Just remove the above line solved my problem.

Answer 7

In my case, I was also seeing:

sh: eslint: command not found

which I fixed with:

npm install -g eslint   

Then the error with husky disappeared.

Answer 8

I deleted .git/hooks and that helps me. install/uninstall nothing.

rm -rf .git/hooks

Answer 9

This solution worked for me on NestJS application. Use prettier version 2 instead of version 3.

My solution:

npm i -D  [email protected]

Answer 10

One of the reasons why it happens is because your pre-commit file contains npm test and if you don't have any tests then you will get this error. The way to fix it is either to add tests or remove npm test from pre-commit file or add some another your script like npm run lint